After takin' a swig o' grog, Doug Mentohl belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> On 16 Nov, 14:32, Linonut wrote:
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>> It's comforting to know that, ultimately, Sun and Microsoft wasted their money on this FUD-by-proxy.
>
> Not exactly wasted, SCO 1 provided them with four years of prime FUD.
Which ultimately died down to a ripple, and, get this (I'm just guessing
here) drove more Linux users underground so that it helped make it
appear as if Linux "share" were falling.
> Co-incidentally just as that one is rolling to an end Acacia pops up
> and sues Redhat and Novell in SCO 11. Being Microsofts newest best
> buddy and signing the coventant didn't do much to protect Novell.
When challenged to a duel, never pick the weapon with which your opponent
is a master.
> But then again I think that ultimatly Novell will be bought up
> wholesale by MS and they will start to 'license' the one true IP
> protected Microvell Linux. After all it'll be the only one that's
> guaranteed to work with Vindows and you're liable to get sued if you
> use or sell the rest. (purr, purrrr, feeling real evil) apologies to
> Catbert .. :)
Microsoft won't do that. Even sticking to GPLv2 code, they won't be
able to Tivo-ise enough of it to make a real impact, except perhaps in
the same area that Tivo did its work.
Why is Ballmer's tail twitching like that?
http://www.zuckervati.com/missinglinks/archives/images/devil_cheat.jpg
He's a man who brainwashes his own kids:
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/03/28/ballmer-to-his-kids-you-dont-use-google-you-dont-use-ipods/
"No, I do not. Nor do my children. My children--in many dimensions
they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on
this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google,
and you don't use an iPod."
Maybe he's sweating because he's wailing on the hard with the whip!
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Tux rox!
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