Dear Friends,
On time Microsoft veteran Keith Curtis comes out with words of realisation
as he is out of cage now. Here are the excerpts from his recent book
"Software Wars"
"I joined Microsoft in 1993 when it was hitting its stride. It had
recently released Windows 3.1 and Windows NT, setting itself on the path of
more than a decade of dominance in the PC operating system market, and the
many other markets that flow from it." .....
"I had gained lots of knowledge yet only understood the Microsoft world.
I was making decent money, but had no time to enjoy it. Though my boss was
happy with me, I was losing motivation to just keep doing the same thing I
had been doing for over a decade. When I looked around the company I saw a
lot of ancient code-bases and unprofitable ventures" .....
"Windows has become somewhat popular for servers and devices, but it
never achieved the dominance it did on desktop PCs. Perhaps the biggest
reason is that its code wasn't available for others to extend and improve
upon. The Linux kernel took off because there is a huge number of people all
over the world..."
"The resulting Linux-based free software stack is an effort that is
comparable in complexity to the Space Shuttle. We can argue about whether
there are any motivations to write free software, but we can't argue that
it's already out there — so there must be some!".....
"*However, now that there is the free and powerful Linux kernel, there
is no longer any reason but inertia to use a proprietary kernel...*"
Read more
<http://www.techflash.com/How_a_Microsoft_veteran_learned_to_love_Linux_and_why_it_matters_48542167.html>
The soft copy of the book can be downloaded from
here<http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_64/4964000/4964815/13/print/SoftwareWars.pdf>
Regards,
Anil
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