Re: [ilug-cal] OFF-TOPIC : Microsoft Worth

[Arup Bhanja]

Russell McOrmond wrote:
> 
>   People need to give Microsoft cretit where it is due, not where it is
> not.  They are not a technology company, and they have 'invented' these
> things in about the same way that Caldera 'invented' Linux (IE: They

People do not buy things for inherent technology, few people do. They
buy things for value. Sony had the best technology for video resolution
--Betamax but a far inferior res-technology VHS from Matshushita ruled
the day as they also figured out a longer playing time and designed VCRs
to play them.

> bundle other peoples technologies, sometimes if you are lucky putting tiny
> bits of additional manpower on it to improve it).
 
That's what Linux is an array of open source (and much improved than
Microsoft's) software on the basic kernel of Linus Torvalds.

Arup



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