boblq wrote:
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170701688
BobLQ
Between the hiring of Vinton Cerf and the Kai-Fu Lee affair:
http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2005/07/29/microsoft-obtains-court-order-blocking-googles-lee/
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3532356
http://news.com.com/Court+docs+Ballmer+vowed+to+kill+Google/2100-1014_3-5846243.html?tag=cd.top
And this alleged outburst by Bill Gates:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/weve-been-f-by-china-gates/2005/09/03/1125302769574.html?oneclick=true
If this is all true then I think Microsoft is really about to go to war
with Google.
What I wonder is, will that war give cover for Linux to continue on its
rapid evolution without Microsoft specifically focused on Linux. After
all Linux isn't a business model that competes directly on a product by
product basis as Google is positioning itself to do in next generation
apps and the emerging app server space.
I've always thought that companies that Microsoft targeted as
competitors found themselves in an intense fight to survive as a
business but Bill Gates just enjoyed the competition like a street
fight, and the competition never knew what hit them. It appears to me
BG's dander is up and he's ready for another street fight and Google,
unlike Novell, Sun and even IBM, is a street fighting SOB just like BG is...
If Linux can stay on the sidelines this could be fun to watch...
RBW
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