OT - Longhorn and MS Shenanigans

[Jason Greenwood]

Hi All,

I was talking to several people after the movie about Microsofts attemp 
at controlling the Internet through it's OS Monopoly. I won't go into it 
but they have a real shot at it if they do what I think they will/can do 
with Longhorn. It will change the shape of the Internet as we know it - 
and not for the better as you might imagine. I am in the industry but 
don't claim to be an expert by any means but trust me, their ideas are 
SCARY. Below is a link to an article that just scratches the surface of 
some of the planned changes in Longhorn. I will say this, if they can 
leverage their monopoly into controlling search, we are screwed to a 
large degree...combined with Palladium and DRM, the outlook is bleak. I 
only hope that in the interim, their announcements continue to amount to 
vapourware so that the uptake of alternatives will preclude their 
releases.... In essence, what they do affects ALL OSS users - ok, so 
maybe not so OT after all??

http://news.com.com/2100-1016-5083491.html?part=dht&tag=ntop