The notorious MS memo on how to defuse/demolish the threat posed to
Windows by Linux is genuine, says news.com:
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28215,00.html?st.ne.ni.lh
Referring to Open Source Software (OSS) such as Linux specifically, the
memo discusses:
...ways to "deny OSS projects entry into the market,"
concluding that the best method would be to expand on the
protocols that make the software so popular and distributing
them to customers. Because Linux is not made by any single
entity, the memo states, "we must target a process rather
than a company."
Interesting phrase, by the way: "we must target a process rather than a
company." One can easily interpret the sub-text here as being, "Well,
here's a change; we normally screw over *companies* to make sure their
products die/never make it to market... this time we have to sabotage a
*process*." Seems to imply a fundamental corporate ethos over there in
Redmond, to the effect that crushing the competition is simply business as
usual.
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