>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim C >Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 5:52 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] [OT] Microsoft advocates OSS > > > >>http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=MICROSOFT-1BLK,65.52 >.0.0,65.55.255.255 >> >>This is an uptime report for the enitre Microsoft netblock, they sure >>are using a lot of Linux and FreeBSD (not to mention moving a lot of >>their sites to akamai on Linux). >> >>But the funniest part are the average and maximum uptimes. >>Linux shows uptimes arround 300-350, while the windows guru's seem >>unable to keep their systems up for the same amount. They peek at >>arround 150! >> >>Yep Bill is becoming a real fan ;-) >> >> >Well like anyone who can hire the very best business managers, Bill & >co. can see the hand writing on the wall. This is why that same group >of folks owns huge shares in open source companies like RedHat. Not >because they want to shut these companies down but rather because they >recognize that Windows market dominence wont last forever. It can't >simply because thier business model of selling media liscences will >eventually be out of date i.e. static media (such as any sort of >recording) becomes so cheap to manipulate and transmit over time that it >becomes a loseing battle. Microsoft knows this which is why they >started really working hard to diversify thier assets. I woudn't be >surprised at all to evenually see an open source verison of Windows or >to see them adopt Linux in the next 10-15 years. > >Jim C.
Lol, I can see the headlines now... Microsoft contracts "cancer" and is happy about it...... regards Franki htmlfixit.com
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