[dundee] Re: The Empire strikes back - FUD Wars Part 2

[Arron Finnon]

I tend to agree with Linus and i especially like the point about if we could 
look at windows source codes we'd more than likely find plenty of patent 
violations from the Richmond bunch.

All in all, i think that the OS war is close to being upon us, it just 
details more and more that M$ see Linux as a bigger threat than anyone else. 
  However what they seem to miss is it's not about the OS as such for most 
but the philosophical stand point, freedom , and an enjoyment of computing 
that can only be achieved by a Linux system (or dare i say GNU/Linux to 
please the RMS's of the world and my new fav Unix-Like systems).

I think that they have been caught on patent disputes before, and the fact 
they have not tried to limit the violations must stand to the point that 
there is no loss for M$.  It's no surprise that when Sir Bill of Gates 
stepped down, and left monkey boy with the keys to the company office this 
has happened.

To me their statements are just pure suicidal, and i really can't imagine 
"Billy Boy G" jeopardising his company in such away, the first mayor issue 
was Ballmers choice of magazine to release such a dangerous statement.  It 
thought that over half of the fortune 500 companies run some form of 
open-source OS, and in the end 250 companies thinking that your company is 
either losing, lost, monopolistic, greedy, bitter, or just ran by a dancing 
monkey boy who has no idea can't be good for public relations.

I think if your a Linux user, you have been so used to thanking M$ for XP 
for years for providing such a well thought out recruitment campaign for 
linux, and now we have vista to thank as well.  Like i said i think the OS 
wars are coming close to kicking off, and for once i don't think M$ money 
will save them.  The thing M$ has needed for years is a usable OS and if it 
didn't happen with Vista what chance have they got in the future.

Anyway i'll get off and stop my rant, but long live the Tux and down with 
the dancing paper clips.

Arron

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