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Could Microsoft have killed Linux? | |
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| Time: 11:36 EST/16:36 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Julien Jay | ||
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Microsoft could have killed off the open-source movement if it had tried in 1998, according to Open Source Initiative co-founder Eric Raymond. Last year Microsoft launched a virulent attack on the open-source movement, and particular the GNU Public License on which open-source software such as the GNU/Linux operating system is based. High-level executives called Linux a "cancer" and a threat to intellectual property laws and capitalism itself. The company has backed off from such statements since then, but Raymond said that if Microsoft had tried the attack a bit earlier it could have succeeded. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 3/28/2002 1:29:44 PM |
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Eric Raymond does more to further Microsoft's cause than any other person who supports Linux. Keep up the good work Eric!
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| #2 By 1845 (12.254.230.230) at 3/28/2002 6:23:20 PM |
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Droves, #5? Funny, the articles I've read talk of Linux replacing UNIX. I am an intelligent person who makes up his own mind. After working with Solaris, RedHat and Mandrake I chose to Windows.
"Capitalism / Corporate Greed / no competition Sucks ! " Oh, and FYI generally speaking capitalism = competition. if(no_competition == sucks && Capitalism == sucks) {} //The body will never is not reachable You do realize that, your post isn't all to logical don't you? (Or in your rather harsh words, isn't all too intelligent.) |
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