will hill wrote: >On 2003.07.14 13:00 John Hebert wrote: > > >>Great article! Recommended reading to anyone interested in the business side >>of Linux. >> >>My favorite paragraphs: >> >>"Though Microsoft underbid IBM and SuSE by $11.9 million in Munich, city >>officials were concerned about the unpredictable long-run cost of Microsoft >>upgrades, says Munich council member Christine Strobl, who championed the >>switch to Linux. And the more Microsoft discounted, the more it underscored >>the notion that as a sole supplier, Microsoft could - and has been - naming >>its own price, she says. >> >>"Microsoft's philosophy is to change our software every five years," Strobl >>says. "With open-source, it is possible for us to make our own decision as >>to when to change our software." >> >>I think this will be known in the future as The Battle of Munich. ;) >> >>John Hebert >> >> >> > >Wow, they put that in USA Today. No wonder Balmer dumped a bunch of MS shares >when he got back. >
It was in the money section no less.... I imagine a few more articles like this and the investor types will start looking into this again. I bet people will start looking for another VA Linux type IPO. Shannon > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
