Psss...t I hear that MIT Media Center is sponsoring the release of 200,000,000 under $100 dollar computers for the third world...
And they an't runnin Microsoft... I wonder how that will affect Bill's China bottom line? On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 07:47, perdurabo wrote: > On a related topic, I'm tired of the FUD from both sides. While I > think Microsoft can afford to engage in FUD, I believe its a lethal > waste of resources for the OSS community to do so, of which it's been > doing a lot lately. > > Even the linked report is full of FUD and inaccuracies. One inaccuracy > that shows either deceit or lack of detail is the Netcraft graph for > active web servers. The author states that while Apache is gaining, > everyone else is decreasing or staying the same, yet a cursory glance > at the graph shows IIS with a respectable ramp up, albeit not as > admirable as Apache's > > I have serious concerns about this new OSS trend of engaging in FUD. I > think that's just what Microsoft wants to happen. They want to > distract the enemy... and they are. > > Most OSS enthusiasts and developers I talk to have NO clue about the > current state of Microsoft's products. They crack jokes about Windows > and flaws and bugs that were long fixed, or that refer to the > now-ancient DOS-based Windows 9x operating systems. They have no clue > about http.sys or how IIS 6 is designed (hint: they paid a lot of > attention to Apache) or how Windows 2003 is designed, or how > rock-solid it is, or whats coming in SP1, or the SCW (Microsoft's > beginning of an answer to SELinux). > > Disclaimer: I'm platform-agnostic and use everything. I just want the > FUD to stop and I want real, healthy, unbridled competition, because > this is where each party truly excels. > > /per > > > On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:11:15 +0000, Bob Crandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Here is a source of information that might be helpful: > > > > http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html > > > > -- > > Bob Crandell, CLS, CNS > > Assured Computing, Inc. > > When you need to be sure. > > http://www.assuredcomp.com/ > > 921 Country Club Road, Suite 100 > > Eugene, OR 97402 > > Voice - 541-868-0331 > > FAX - 541-463-1627 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug -- Message from Earth: _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
