[Gllug] Microsoft announces deals with Lynux !

[Jason Clifford]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Chris Bell wrote:

>    I have heard several people say that the next Microsoft release may be
> the last they are able to sell, so they may be looking for ways to buy into
> Open Source and hedge their bets.

Sounds like nonsense to me. 

MS has 85% of the desktop market and a fair portion of the server market. 
They continue to develop products to lock customers in and many many IT 
professionals continue to push MS products as that's a sure fire way of 
ensuring continued income for themselves.

This situation has not changed for a very long time.

To suggest that in 5 years MS will no longer be able to charge money for 
their software in light of this doesn't compute.

Jason
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