__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 11 September 2006 17:32 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Attracting Students to C# With FreeBSD
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>>| Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle says Microsoft is trying to
>>| win the hearts and minds of computer science college students who are
>>| currently enamored of Linux and open source.
>>|
>>| Giga's Enderle maintains Microsoft chose FreeBSD because it's "viewed
>>| as being neutral, whereas Linux is viewed as being a competing
>>| platform."
>> `----
>>
>> http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=2004
>
> This way, Microsoft can own the Student's work...
I fear that Microsoft might follow the lead of Apple and develop a
relationship with BSD code*, which it has stolen/supposedly bought in the
past. Still, several years of redesign give Linux a lead and potentially
break backward compatibility in Windows, which perhaps is a positive points
because of 200,000 viruses.
Best wishes,
Roy
*Well, not quote Darwin.
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