This is forwarded from discussions on Linux. Some additional documentation is at http://www.slashdot.org/ wher a number of comments on it are posted. SlashDot is somewhat of a pro Linux site... MS says that open source projects can not easily be countered with the usual Fear Uncertainty and Doubt weapons, and has acheived some long term credibility. At least as long as the protocols remain the "commodity" open standards. However... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Taken from other e-mails and the http://www.slashdot.org/ site: > >From line 1960 of the Halloween document's raw HTML: > . > . > . > Beating Linux > > In addition to the attacking the general weaknesses of OSS > projects (e.g. Integrative / Architectural costs), some > specific attacks on Linux are: > . > . > . > Fold extended functionality into commodity protocols / > services and create new protocols > . > . > . > Some examples of Microsoft initiatives which are extending > commodity protocols include: > . > . > . > HTTP-DAV. DAV is complex and the protocol spec provides > an infinite level of implementation complexity for > various applications (e.g. the design for Exchange over > DAV is good but certainly not the single obvious > design). Apache will be hard pressed to pick and choose > the correct first areas of DAV to implement. > . > . > . ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
