RE: [newbie] No-one uses Linux, says Microsoft

[Edward Barrow]

On Friday, June 15, 2001 12:07 PM, Paul [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> There are several other news sites that also have information on this
> review by Gartner. And they all focus on the fact that the review is
> sponsored by Microsoft.
> I am positive that this is just another attempt from Microsoft to 
convince
> " the rest of the world "  that there is no life outside their windows.
> Which apparently is a very narrow viewpoint.
>
I think the people Microsoft is trying to convince are the commercial 
software vendors. Windoze still has a slight edge over Linux in the 
availability of business software, although with developments such as 
KOffice and Open Office the gap in the office applications suite sector is 
closing fast.  They want to make sure that developers produce applications 
for Windoze first, or don't bother porting applications to the Linux 
platform.

Pity for microsoft then that it's made so many enemies in that market with 
its assimilate and destroy strategy....