s. keeling wrote:
Incoming from Jason Louie:
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:22:45 -0700, Dany Allard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is it not enough that SCO is a pain... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/18/ballmer_linux_lawsuits/
Once again Microsoft flexes their muscles. I see as propaganda to drive fear into those who are considering switching to Linux and I only hope they only get that far. However the outcome of this could be big if MS succeeds in pursuading the WTO in their favour. With the
If anyone ever wanted a succinct definition of "FUD", this is it. How anyone could support a company that stoops to behaviour like this, I'll never know.
As Rob Glaser, a former Microsoft exec, told Time magazine [in
2001], Gates is "relentless. He's Darwinian. He doesn't look for
win-win situations with others, but for ways to make others
lose. Success is defined as flattening the competition, not
creating excellence."
I would say this is simply MS stressing over the increasing FUD weighing on them. After all, nowadays who in their right mind wouldn't be looking for ways to ween themselves of their dependence on MS.
Mahatma Gandhi's quote is time worn but makes sense - first they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.
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