Re: [flalug] The war is over and Linux won

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Sat Nov 11 2006 - 02:05:16 EST

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:01:16AM -0500, tom smith wrote:
>> Interesting opinions on why ms has partnered with Novell.
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=837
>
> If only it were that easy. Microsoft announced that it was open to
> similar deals with Red Hat, which is a curious move indeed. It seems
> almost like it might be a reactionary move, meant to counter Oracle's
> move into the Linux arena, somehow. Another interesting point of timing
> is the fact that this takes place not long after Gates announced his
> approaching retirement.
>
> I find it difficult to believe that Microsoft is throwing in the towel
> on an OS war that quickly. Maybe I'll believe it when Microsoft finally
> ports Exchange (or even MS Office) to Linux and opens the Windows source.

Naah, they're probably going to (try to) gut the big Linux vendors with the
aim of killing the OS. Won't work, but that's what I think they'll try. 

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