[vox] FWD: How Linux helps Microsoft

[R. Douglas Barbieri]

Micah J. Cowan wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:58:58AM -0700, R. Douglas Barbieri wrote:
> 
>>Here is an excerpt:
>>
>>"Microsofties say they were more worried about Linux a few years ago, 
>>when it was a truly free program, spreading on its own, from user to 
>>user, like a virus. Now that Linux costs real money, and is sold by 
>>buttoned-down blue suits from IBM and Novell, Microsoft feels more 
>>confident. Microsoft has beaten these guys, badly, in operating system 
>>wars before."
> 
> 
> Why read the rest, when it is amazingly clear that the author hasn't
> the beginnings of a clue? Neither sentence is even remotely connected
> to reality, though there are clear connections to apparently
> successful MS FUD.
> 

I sent him this link:

http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=lh

It says it all. :-)

-- 
R. Douglas Barbieri
doug at dooglio.net
http://www.dooglio.net
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