[plug] Microsoft prepares security assault on Linux

[Ben New]

Richard Meyer wrote:
> 
> 
> http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&newsid=643
> 
> 
> <quote>
> 
> In a sign that the inroads made by the Open Source community are starting
> to rattle the software giant, Microsoft has hired several analysts to
> review how fast holes are patched in the open source software and is
> expected to announce that Windows compares favourably.
> 
> </quote>
> 

<quote from="Steve Ballmer">

Why should code submitted randomly by some hacker in China and 
distributed by some open source project, why is that, by definition, better?

</quote>


Their ability to just not get it is almost hypnotic...

I think Ballmer's understanding of Open Source is about equivalent to 
George Bush's understanding of Islam.  Something that poses a threat and 
should therefore be eliminated.


<quote from="me ;-)">

Why should closed code, submitted through a totally opaque process and 
distributed by a single, corporate entity, be better than code produced 
by many thousands of developers, from all over the world, each with a 
different perspective and skillset, in a co-operative and completely 
transparent development system (i.e. the Net)?

</quote>


-- 
Ben @ Leftclick
http://www.leftclick.com.au/


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