[plug] Fwd: Open source

[Mark Nold]

Feeling a bit contrary today.. but do you ever wonder why docs get "leaked"
from M$ about the threat of Linux? Maybe they just help prove that they have
some competition, and therefore M$ is not a monolpoly.

Micorsoft should (and i feel does) encourage the view that Linux is the
David that may take them down.

Ever thought that maybe it's just a scam?

Just a thought.



mn



-----Original Message-----
From: skribe [mailto:skribe at amber.com.au]
Sent: Sunday, 31 March 2002 6:56 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Fwd: Open source


On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 18:41, Leon Brooks wrote:

> Linux in the end won't so much knock Microsoft over as still be standing
> (sling in hand? :-) when Goliath's face smacks into the ground. And it
> won't be standing alone.

Bill is too much of a shrewd businessman to let this happen.  More likely,
once the writing is on the wall he'll release M$ Linux to try and nab as
many
of their customers as he can before they desert the sinking ship.  I expect
that's when the real fun will begin because all the major players will
likely
follow suit as they all attempt to gobble up as much marketshare as possible
hoping to be the new dominant player.

skribe
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