GM vs Microsoft
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| For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way
| computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computer expo
| (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto
| industry and stated, “If GM had kept up with technology like the computer
| industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the
| gallon.”
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| In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors issued a press release
| stating: “If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be
| driving cars with the following characteristics...
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http://www.johny.org/2007/09/13/gm-vs-microsoft/
Related:
If Novell and Microsoft Were in the Car Production and Sales Business...
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| Look at it this way for a moment:
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| * "If I, as an end-user, bought a car from Ford, that does
| indeed contain technology infringing some patent owned by
| DaimlerChrysler--would there by any likelihood that Ford would
| sue me, the end-user?
|
| * "However, if I, as an end-user, buy a SUSE Linux Enterprise Serv-
| er, that may contain (well, it doesn't, and never will, as
| Novell strongly reassures me) software patented technology owned
| by Microsoft--would there be any likelihood that Microsoft would
| sue me, the end-user?
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http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2528
Vista equals Edsel?
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| Imagine that you make cars. You are the biggest automaker in the world and
| you more or less own the market, particularly the corporate fleet segment.
| Because almost everyone has one of your cars, if you want them to keep paying
| you money you have to come up with a better car.
|
| [...]
|
| This is the situation I believe Microsoft is finding itself in with respect
| to Windows Vista: if there’s one thing that stands out from what I’ve been
| reading and from the letters you send me, Vista isn’t cutting it.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/columnists/2007/082307backspin.html?fsrc=rss-linux-applications
Microsoft dreams
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| “Look, MicroKlapt only does this for your own security. Just think if someone
| stole your car, MicroKlapt will know exactly where it is at all times.”
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/microsoft_dreams
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