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Are Microsoft Partners Spreading Open-Source Fear?
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| Microsoft and its channel partners are bound together with the glue of mutual
| commercial success. That's a big reason why Microsoft VARs are always quick
| to defend the software giant's interests. Criticize Microsoft in front of a
| group of partners and you may find yourself being forced to run for cover
|
| [...]
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| Is Microsoft siccing its legions of loyal partners on the security reputation
| of open-source software? If so, it would contradict Microsoft's recent steps
| toward a rapprochement with the open-source community.
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| [...]
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| Criticism of the security of open source may have been more valid a decade
| ago, but today, Apache and the Linux stack are ubiquitous in the industry and
| run some of the largest online retail operations in existence, noted Greg
| Hanchin, principal for Denver-based security solution provider Dirsec.
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| "Open source is just another common piece of infrastructure; it's almost like
| Internet Protocol at this point," Hanchin said.
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http://www.crn.com/software/214200273
Recent:
MS struggles to discredit Linux
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| What's cheaper than an OS you can buy outright once and install on every PC
| in your shop -- and upgrade cost-free for eternity to boot? Why, a slew of
| cheesy licenses for Microsoft Windows, 'Doze Division VP Brian Valentine
| claims in his latest cheerleading effort for his sales associates.
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| That's right; a putatively independent analysis by 'we'll-conclude-anything'
| whores DH Brown is going to rip Linux a new one and find that Windows is
| actually cheaper. How Valentine knows this is anyone's guess. Perhaps he has
| a mole in the Brown organization as good as the one we have in his. Or
| perhaps MS simply paid for it. We don't know.
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| It also appears that MS has bought off a number of Linux/Sun 'insiders' whose
| job it will be to explain to the sales team how to pitch the illusory
| advantages of Windows to unsuspecting IT managers. "Dumber people can run
| Windows" is the best advert I personally can come up with, though this is
| without the benefit of expensive analysts and turncoat 'insiders' to feed me
| intriguing tidbits.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/01/02/ms_struggles_to_discredit_linux/
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