Hello Pete,
On Saturday 04 November 2006 00:23, Pete Holsberg Inscribed Thus:
> Gaffer wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > On Friday 03 November 2006 19:20, Gaffer Inscribed Thus:
> >> Hi Guys,
> >>
> >> Has anybody seen this !
> >>
> >> <http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/2006/11/02/linux-open
> >>sou rce-microsoft-tech-enter-cz_dl_1102linux.html>
> >>
> >> Watch for line wrap.
> >
> > I'm very sceptical ! We all know how M$ manipulates the market !
> > Lion and the Lamb springs to mind.
> >
> > But if M$ is doing this as a form of market research to try and
> > gauge the uptake of Linux, evaluating the threat, then its one way
> > of doing it ! Since Redhat has been quite active in the patent
> > field and could be quite vulnerable to being taken over by M$.
> >
> > I know that its too early to judge, but would that mean M$ gets a
> > ready made Linux distribution and a massive market too !
>
> Remember that, in the 1980s, Microsoft was working on its own version
> of UNIX. They licensed it from AT&T and renamed it Xenix. /Deja vu/?
Indeed ! But wasn't there some agreement that prevented M$ marketing
it !
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Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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