Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Monday 22 October 2007 11:31 : \____
>
>> Santa: And what do /you/ want for Christmas, baby Ballmer?
>> Sweaty: World Domination ... Muuuaaaha-ha-ha.
>> Santa: I don't think I have any left. Here, have Monopoly instead.
>>
>> .----
>> | Mark Hinkle offers up a few ideas for Microsoft on who to put
>> | on its open-source Christmas list. Interesting....
>> |
>> | [quote]
>> | Perhaps they should buy a company for the technology and
>> | something complementary to their portfolio. Granted a company with
>> | a large community might be nice but could be quickly alienated
>> | because of anti-Microsoft sentiment
>> | [/quote]
>> `----
>>
>>
> http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9801566-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
>>
>> If you can't beat them, buy them. Eh Sweaty?
>>
>> Not that Sweaty gives a damn about alienating parts of the GNU/Linux
>> community. Oh wait ... he does - Divide and conquer: rule 23 in the
>> Pearly Handbook of the Rules of Acquisition. They even stole the /book/
>> from the Ferengis. Has Microsoft ever actually /made/ anything, other
>> than everyone else miserable?
>>
>> Ho, ho, ho.
>
> Only small companies, eh? 20 companies a year.
>
> You know what they say:
>
> "One competitor a day keeps the FTC away."
>
> Microsoft has found a loophole.
>
Perhaps. Consider this a different way around, though. If Microsoft
acquire floss companies at this rate, then the original proprietary
crowd will soon be outnumbered by the floss people. This could just be
the culture change which Microsoft needs in order to become a successful
vendor again.
If their efforts are being diverted into real floss efforts, using
proper licences, then I wouldn't, of necessity, have a problem with
that.
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