On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:36:52PM +0800, Orlando Andico wrote: > > http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=1189 > > choice quote: "Linux and the open source movement poses no threat to > Microsoft in Asia, the company's Asia-Pacific CTO has assured open-mouthed > observers. > > Peter "Canute" Moore told reporters: "I believe there is no government > that has a policy going beyond recommending open source. If so, I believe > that is not to their best interest."
There was an interview of a Microsoftie in a bad trade publication here called "CRN" a week or two ago. It appeared on Slashdot, too. Anyway, this seems to be their current tactic: act like Linux is nothing, a non-threat, a non-issue. In the CRN interview, the guy dismissed Linux right off the bat by using the analogy of Linux being a Diet Coke while Windows is a complete meal. Hilariously stupid, especially given that I'd be inclined to use the same analogy the other way around. One of the reasons that I use Linux (or FreeBSD) is the complete meal concept. I can have a free OS, web server, DB server, programming languages, anything I need. With Microsoft, it's diet coke, I have to buy the same items piecemeal. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
