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  From: Ian Loxton <ilox@airnet.com.au>
  To  : James Leone <LINUXCPA@netscape.net>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 19:00:20 +0930

Re: Steve Ballmer Not Loosing Sleep Over Linux

James Leone wrote:
> >  Innovation is not something that is easy to do in the kind of 
> > distributed environment that the open-source/Linux world works in. I 
> > would argue that our customers have seen a lot more innovation from us 
> > than they have seen from that community.
>
And he seriously expects the readers to believe that? He should be helping 
Bush write his speeches <sigh>

> Linux itself is a clone of an operating system that is 20-plus years 
> old. That's what it is. That is what you can get today, a clone of a 
> 20-year-old system. I'm not saying that it doesn't have some place for 
> some customers, but that is not an innovative proposition.
>

And just what difference is that meant to make?  Just when did Windows 
first come out of hiding?

What a load of FUD.

> ... On the server side, you have people who have skill sets 
> and applications on Sun that they want to move now to Intel hardware 
> to save costs.

Really, that is the main reason why Linux is leading the server market 
still?

>  A Linux PC in most countries is a PC in which somebody is being 
> encouraged to pirate Windows.
>
ComputerBank better watch out, they will be accused of supporting piracy 
next simply because they release computers without Windows on them.
<G>

Cheers,  Ian


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