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

[Kai]

IMO Microsoft management are hyprocticrital convicted anti-trust law 
breakers who do anything to make themselves look better than what they 
are, even if most of what they say is outright lies and or will benefit 
them while sending someone else broke !

They're scared of Linux and open source because there's no individual 
who they can bribe, threaten (with OEM contract etc) or influence in any 
way to stop developing software that is in direct competition with their 
own overpriced, usually bloated and usually buggy software - and because 
there's nothing they can do directly to stop open source they have to 
develope "initiatives" to make their software look more attractive.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bennett, Phillip" <PBennett at arg.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] [OT] Them sounds like fighting words..


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