I Sense Serious Changes
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| Now, to Microsoft's credit, they have helped out as well. Their help has
| included:
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| * License enforcement in countries such as Costa Rica to help people
| realize they could only afford Linux prices.
| * Some really bad political moves (such as the recent open document
| format fiasco) that make them look like scum.
| * Releasing a new version of their OS that won't run on most of the
| computers in the world.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/i-sense-serious-changes
Did Canonical Just Get Punked by Red Hat and Novell?
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| I think they are going to see Canonical as that someone. By playing it
| cautiously about the consumer vs. business desktop, Canonical has smartly
| avoided any hits from the Red Hat/Novell announcements, and should be able to
| continue to carry itself as a "serious" enterprise vendor.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/did-canonical-j.html
Recent:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Microsoft's SEC:
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| A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system...
| To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
| of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
| our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline.
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http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
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