[plug] [OT] Them sounds like fighting words..

[Bennett, Phillip]

As he says, "I'm sure we can"...  But so far, they HAVEN'T!  So far, Linux has 
kept up, and in most cases been in front of Microsoft, so why he even bothers 
to say this is beyond me....

Also, what does he mean by "Sort of a better solution..." does this mean it 
will TRY to be good, or it MIGHT be as good? Maybe it will LOOK as good, but 
not BE very good...  :P

just my 2c,
Phil.


On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:06 am, Ben Jensz wrote:
> Can you believe the audacity of Steve Ballmer to say this about Linux:
>
>     Linux, which is emerging as one of Microsoft's main competitive
>     threats, was a "hobbyist product", he said.
>
>     "It has Unix roots," he said. "Unix has had historic strength, but
>     at the end of the day I'm sure we can out-innovate and deliver sort
>     of a better solution than the work of a bunch of unco-ordinated
>     hobbyists."
>
>
>  From this AustralianIT article:
> http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6069416%5E15316%5E%5Enbv%5E
>15306,00.html
>
> MS Innovation, stealing ideas from competitors and getting away with it
> in the courts.[tm]
>
>
> / Ben