On Thursday 04 January 2007 23:04 amicus_curious wrote:
> I find it amusing that the Linux people are so focused on what Microsoft
> might be doing rather than on what they themselves need to do to create
> interest in their wares. They are often asserting that Microsoft is
> fearful and worried and that Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer is unhappily
> obsessed with dread that OSS is coming to take them away.
I agree with you, of course.
If Bill Gates and/or Steve Balmer were at all worried by Linux, we'd see all
sorts of signs, wouldn't we? For example, we might expect to see:-
- Linux being called Communist, Viral, or A Cancer, Un-American or
whatever...
- Money being spent by MS on studies to prove that Linux was more expensive
- Advertising campaigns along the lines of "Get The Facts" or some such
- A willingness to fly anywhere in the world, and offer discounts of 50% or
more if people threatened to "go Linux"
We see none of this, of course, so I am compelled to agree with you.
However.......
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