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How a Microsoft veteran learned to love Linux, and why it matters
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| Like many of my fellow employees, I was only vaguely familiar with free
| software when I left and decided to try Linux on a lark. At Microsoft, I got
| all the software I wanted for free, and I always thought free software would
| be behind proprietary software. For 15 years I had made it a priority to
| learn about many aspects of Microsoft technologies, and my office contained
| rows of books on everything from Undocumented Windows to Inside SQL Server.
| When running Windows I felt as comfortable as Neo in the Matrix, without the
| bullets and leather, so while I was willing to look around, I was
| half-forcing myself and didn't want this little experiment to mess up my main
| computing environment.
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http://www.techflash.com/How_a_Microsoft_veteran_learned_to_love_Linux_and_why_it_matters_48542167.html
All the Microsoft trolling in this newsgroup is intended to slow down
Microsoft's demise.
Bill Gates: "Our most potent Operating System competitor is Linux and the
phenomena around Open Source and free software. The same phenomena fuels
competitors to all of our products. The ease of picking up Linux to learn it
or to modify some piece of it is very attractive. The academic community,
start up companies, foreign governments and many other constituencies are
putting their best work into Linux."
Full exhibit:
http://boycottnovell.com/comes-vs-microsoft/gates-exhibits/PX08256.pdf
Recent:
B'ham Native, Ex-Microsoft Exec, Argues For Open Source
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| Curtis' ideas about software are heresy for a former Microsoft Corp.
| executive. He says the days of proprietary software are numbered and
| companies like Microsoft are likely doomed -- and that free open-source-code
| software will eventually run the world.
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http://www.wwj.com/B-ham-Native--Ex-Microsoft-Exec--Argues-For-Open-S/4273024
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