, February 04, 2003 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Power of Open Source - Microsoft Warns SEC of Open-Source
Threat
The most oft-cited reason given by larger companies with 2,000+ employees
for not installing
Linux is that the proprietary nature of the software their companies
depends upon precludes
them
Phil,
I went to the article referred to at the start of this thread
(http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,857638,00.asp), and can't find your
quote. Is it from something the article links to?
No, it's from an analysis by Another Analyst Company That Shall Not Be Named that I
turned up
doing
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 02:42:56PM +0100, Phil Payne wrote:
It's much worse. At least one current end user license permits the
vendor to use all appropriate means - physical and electronic - to
verify that the terms of their license are being complied with. So if
they come into your
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Subject: Re: Power of Open Source - Microsoft Warns SEC of Open-Source Threat
The most oft-cited reason given by larger companies with 2,000+ employees for not
installing
Linux is that the proprietary nature of the software their companies depends upon
precludes
Is anyone else on this list having the problem of getting multiple copies of posts?
I'm
getting at least two copies of every post, sometimes as many as six or eight. I've
gotten at
least six of this particular post.
Not multiple posts, but dozens of spurious null posts:
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Subject: Re: Power of Open Source - Microsoft Warns SEC of Open-Source
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The most oft-cited reason given by larger companies
with 2,000+ employees
- Microsoft Warns SEC of
Open-Source Threat
The most oft-cited reason given by larger companies
with 2,000+ employees for not installing Linux is that
the proprietary nature of the software their companies depends
upon precludes them from open-source development.
I don't
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| Subject: Re: Power of Open Source - Microsoft Warns SEC of Open-Source
Threat
If anyone ever doubted the power of OSS, here is a persuasive argument. The
article contains some good numbers for anyone fighting to convince
management of the viability of Linux.
Microsoft Warns SEC of Open-Source Threat
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,857638,00.asp
The most oft-cited reason given by larger companies
with 2,000+ employees for not installing Linux is that
the proprietary nature of the software their companies depends upon
precludes them from open-source development.
I don't understand the foregoing.
I don't either.
-- RMT
The most oft-cited reason given by larger companies with 2,000+ employees for not
installing
Linux is that the proprietary nature of the software their companies depends upon
precludes
them from open-source development.
I don't understand the foregoing.
--
Phil Payne
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