What if Microsoft got a clue?
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| What if Microsoft decided against paying for studies to prove how
| much better Windows is than Unix or GNU/Linux? What if they got
| away from all of the FUD and misinformation about GNU/Linux? What
| if they decided they would make an operating system that was not
| vulnerable to viruses, trojan horses and all other internet
| unpleasantries? The infamous Blue Screen of Death is almost
| commonplace; almost everyone is familiar with it. This is the
| legacy that Windows has bestowed on us, crashes and frustration.
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| [...]
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| Doing administration tasks on GNU/Linux has been much easier to
| troubleshoot and more reliable than on Windows desktops and servers. Any
| services or similar applications that I can move to GNU/Linux has been my
| experience and I suspect for a lot of others too. What if Microsoft got a
| clue? If they decided to fix the problems they have continuously reported
| to have solved, GNU/Linux may have never been as widely accepted. As long
| as this trend continues Linux keeps on marching along.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/what_if_microsoft_got_a_clue
Related:
Microsoft 'killed Dell Linux' - States
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| "I'm thinking of hitting the OEMs harder than in the past with anti-Linux.
| ... they should do a delicate dance," Kempin wrote to Ballmer, in what is
| sure to be a memorable addition to the phrases ("knife the baby", "cut off
| the air supply") with which Microsoft enriched the English language in the
| first trial. Unlike those two, this is not contested.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/19/microsoft_killed_dell_linux_states/
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| "There you have it. At least a third of SCO's entire market
| capitalization, and their entire current cash reserves, is payoffs
| funnelled from Microsoft. Their 10Qs reveal that every other line of
| cash inflow is statistical noise by comparison. The brave new
| SCO source business model is now clear: sue your customers, shill
| for Microsoft, kite your stock, and pray you stay out of jail."
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween10.html
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