__/ [ Handover Phist ] on Saturday 17 June 2006 17:19 \__
> Stephen Fairchild :
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> | 10.No Microsoft Linux!: Microsoft could have and should have done its
>>> | own version of Linux. It could have bought a Linux distro vendor or
>>> | just christened some branch of Windows (with some Unix-compatibility
>>> | add-ons) as Microsoft Linux. By doing this, Microsoft could have thrown
>>> | a real monkey wrench into Linux companies' plans.
>>
>> Linus owns the trademark and would likely sue. How can you get away with
>> calling a software stack, Linux, without including the kernel?
>
> Just take a linux and produce a distribution (or several like Ubuntu),
> certify a branch of professionals, market the hell out of it for
> serverspace, own the Linux market. Microsoft fucked up big time when it
> refused to join in the fun. They can easily keep Windows going as a
> proprietary product by simply not including GPL source code, and keeping
> records to that effect.
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