____/ JAG CHAN on Saturday 15 March 2008 01:30 : \____
> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:nld6oukrqfv3.k6bb1yxd1ngp.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:56:12 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
>>
>>> LOL.
>
>
>> That says a lot about the poor quality of Linux and the software
>> associated with Linux.
>>
> Are you sure?
>
> http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
>
> � oA prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating
> system.
> Although we believe our products provide customers with significant
> advantages
> in security, productivity, and total cost of ownership, the
> popularization of
> the open source software model continues to pose a significant challenge
> to
> our business model, including continuing efforts by proponents of open
> source
> software to convince governments worldwide to mandate the use of open
> source
> software in their purchase and deployment of software products. 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. �
facts hurt the Microsoft Munchkins, especially when they are quoted out of
Microsoft's own (and carefully-drafted) literature.
The above says that Microsoft already warns investors that it's likely to lose
revenue because Linux is spreading and getting better.
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