On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Are they getting behind linux, or are they getting behind "threat number
> >> one" for Microsoft?
> >
> >"The enemy of my enemy is my friend?"
>
> That kind of thinking has a nasty tendancy to backfire in the long
> run. The Linux community would be wise to avoid it.
Maybe so, but we're talking about the likes of IBM, Sun, and
Hewlett-Packard here... Corporate entities are not your typical members
of the Linux community. Their motivations are entirely different from
those of the typical Linux coder or hardcore Linux user. They're in it for
the $$, no matter how friendly they may be to the community. As such,
what applies to the Linux community as a whole doesn't necessarily apply
to those corporate entities.
--
Derek D. Martin
Unix/Linux Geek
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