[plug] MS Freedom to inovate network ????? (off topic )

Christian christian at amnet.net.au
Mon Sep 18 09:41:09 WST 2000


On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 06:09:10PM -0700, Andrew Furey wrote:
> > I would not be suprised if microsoft releases web
> > servers that only IE will work on
> 
> IMHO it would be the other way, MS would release a
> version of IE that only works on their web servers.
> They tried basically the same thing with W2K and
> Kerberos (IIRC).
> Remember, their monopoly (for now :) is the desktop,
> so they would try to leverage that to get the server
> monopoly.

I doubt they would do this given the stranglehold Apache has on the web
server market but the idea is definitely something they might consider.
Either way, they backed down with Kerberos which is a fairly unimportant
protocol compared with, say, HTTP so imagine what the outcry would be if
they did.

Either way, rants about Microsoft propaganda are pretty off-topic on a
list about Linux in Perth IMHO.



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