"Chris Ahlstrom" <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> After takin' a swig o' grog, Matt belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> | Microsoft likes to see open source coming to windows,
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>> I don't believe that last sentence is true at all.
>>
>> MS would rather the open-source apps be peculiar to Linux. That way
>> there is little interest in them from developers other than Linux
>> developers. Then Windows developers /stay/ Windows developers rather
>> than cross-platform developers, and the development of open source apps
>> receives far less effort. And there will be little interest in the apps
>> from users other than Linux users. That way Windows users /stay/
>> Windows users.
>>
>> IMO one of the worst mistakes MS ever made was to port Word to Macintosh.
>
> Well, that move gave them a lot of leverage in betraying Apple, though.
How and when did MS betray Apple exactly?
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