Muhammad Sharfuddin wrote:
> Dear Parag Kalra
> Sorry I am replying late ;(
>
> >1. First wait for others to release their operating system.
>> 2. Then copy the code and paste it.
> will you also please give some examples ?
None of what you list below is an operating system, BTW. Furthermore, I
don't think any reasonable person thinks that MS is outright stealing
code. They base their code off of other peoples' software ideas.
> 1. Do you think MS Exchange is a copy ? I dont think that IBM
> Lotus(messaging system) is opensource
> 2. Do you think MS SMS is a copy ?
> 3. Do you think MS MOM is a copy ?
> 4, Do you think MS Share Point Portal server is a copy ?
> 5, Do you think MS SQL server is a copy ? I dont think that Oracle, DB2, or
> Sybase are opensource
No, but MySQL is. Not that I think SQL Server is a copy of MySQL. SQL
Server's performance sucks way too much to be a copy of something that
performs that well.
> I dont know why ... but what I found is that MS Exchange has a very large
> market share ... why ?
> I dont know why ... but what I found is that MS SQL server has a very large
> market share(after Oracle) ...and MS SQL server gains a very large share...
> even in the presence of Oracle, DB2, Sybase etc etc... why ?
Here's why: Marketing. MS has the majority of the world believing that
their products are the only reasonable products to use. Their
customers' ignorance is their sales.
> Yes I agree that MS copies the desktop environment .. e.g MS usually copies
> MAC.
But Mac OS isn't open source...
Chad Martin
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