[Gllug] Microsoft announces deals with Lynux !

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On 7 Nov 2006, Rob Crowther said:
> Apparently Red Hat and Oracle are at a significant disadvantage
> because they haven't partnered with Microsoft...

Oh yes. Tiny little Oracle are in *such* terminal trouble over it, too.

> "Other developments that could speed adoption include support for
> proprietary technologies such as Active-X or even Internet Explorer on
> the Linux desktop. If Microsoft helps Novell implement those
> technologies into Linux, then the desktop world could change
> dramatically."

Thankfully anyone sane will give this the consideration it deserves (the
round file is over *there*). Even people who don't get a visceral churning
at the very word `proprietary'[1] will probably note the security record
of ActiveX...


[1] apparently to some business people it means `impending monopoly ->
    license to print money -> good', or in some way `worked on by wizards'.
    They never seem to consider that there are always going to be more
    wizards *outside* a given proprietary-X company than within it...

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