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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Friday 23 June 2006 13:48 \__
>
>> __/ [ BearItAll ] on Friday 23 June 2006 13:24 \__
>>
>>> John Bailo wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Who is this Master Spy Bill Hilf, who walks both sides of the *line* ?!?!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/tnradio/bio/billhilf.mspx
>>>>
>>>> "Prior to joining Microsoft, Bill led IBM's Linux/Open Source Software
>>>> technical strategy at a world-wide level for the Emerging and
>>>> Competitive markets organization, in addition to his direct customer
>>>> interaction as a senior enterprise architect. Bill has been involved
>>>> with Open Source Software (OSS) for over twelve years, and is an IEEE
>>>> Distinguished Visitor on the subject of OSS."
>>>
>>> Thats alright, taking Linux like thinking into MS, he might have a hard
>>> time of it in there, but with his IBM-Suse laptop in the boardroom, he's
>>> bound to get noticed :)
>>>
>>> If MS released a fully safe OS tomorrow, sat on a Linux-like kernel, full
>>> security, virus immune, stable. Then thats great, its all we really wanted
>>> them to do.
>>>
>>> There after it all just becomes a choice of which of the safe systems we
>>> want to use.
>>
>>
>> I refer you to:
>>
>> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1
>>
>> It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> The next time Bill Gates sends an e-mail through Microsoft's shiny new
>> Wireless LAN it will be passed through a behind-the-scenes Linux-based
>> network appliance.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Pandey's (senior director of Microsoft IT) appraisal of Aruba's technology
>> is in stark contrast to Microsoft's "Get the Facts" rhetoric which places
>> Windows as a more secure, and higher-performing choice over Linux."
>>
>> </snip>
>
> Cool! I posted this to Digg and while it hasn't reached the front page yet,
> someone picked it (old news) and submitted it to Slashdot. It's now in the
> front page:
>
> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1748249&from=rss
>
> *grin*
>
Excellent! It's good to see that the same old tired arguments are being
wheeled out to explain this, there's really nothing much left to argue
about. I wonder if MS central will allow billwg to lol!!! his way onto
slash soon?
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