____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 19 December 2007 14:34 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 19 December 2007 11:22 : \____
>>
>>> Unfortunately, for this strategy to work, the sensitivities are very
>>> tight, the new business has to grow at >= to the rate of decline of the
>>> proprietary business
>>
>> That's why Microsoft is so scared of Linux and has considered it the #1
>> threat for so many years (going as far as bribing several people to sue
>> against it... and not just SCO).
>>
>
> Back to The Innovator's Dilemma - had Microsoft adopted open-source long
> ago, they'd probably be in fine fettle now...
It pays off to just abuse ISO, pay settlement money for anticompetitive
conduct, bribe SCO and others to sue Linux, make unsubstantiated claims and
threats, spread disinformation, employ astroturfers, buy media companies, and
so forth.
Microsoft found out that crime pays more than business.
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