"Mid November, Steve Ballmer said 'Linux uses our intellectual property' and Microsoft wanted to 'get the appropriate economic return for our shareholders from our innovation.' Many people didn't understand what he really meant, among them the LXer editors. Therefore, LXer sent an Open Letter to the Waggener Edstrom Rapid Response team, and two weeks later, the answers are in (no pun intended). Check the full story for the answers a Microsoft Spokesperson gave us, which hopefully can answer some of our questions."
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Member since:2006-02-22
Quote [Hey, Linux bigots: Reality bites, doesn't it?]
Words fail me? What reality?
If MS get away with this patent nonsense that will damage more than Linux, what about Haiku, BSDs, Sky OS, Riscos etc etc. in fact small to medium sized commercial software companies are more at risk than Open source as it’s rather a diffuse target. Do you think that a small software company can stand up to MS and it’s lawyers What about other software this isn’t just about the OS.
I hope a patent war (genocide might be a better word) doesn’t happen if it does, this is simply about large un-innovative companies protecting their monopolies by manipulating the law and throwing Millions to the lawyers. If the world is stupid enough to fall for this, they’re just saying MS you can be the richest company in the world forever forget about innovating anything just watch the cash role in.
Member since:2006-06-15
This isn't (as quite frankly anyone should see) a function of which OS/GUI is 'best', but which has the critical mass of applications that joe user wants to run.
I won't make a call about which is best but I will point out which owns the apps. I'll also point out the illegal and anticompetative means that it employed to aquire that market dominance, starting with the licensing model that ran from 1980 untill the FTC's decision to squash it in 1991. Oh and there was some more antitrust cases too I believe.
linux: quality/license revenue = excellent
windows: quality/license revenue = pathetic
qudos to the linux guys.
Thanks, M
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2006-01-06
The truth of the matter is that Linux and the Open Source community; working in concert, have surpassed Microsoft Windows in almost every aspect.
The "truth" in whose reality? Yours? No thanks. I like Earth, 2006. Linux is good at some things and horrible at others and, if it were truly better on the desktop, more people would be adopting it. But they ain't.