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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: TechNewsWorld.com | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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I've been looking back this week and recalling almost a decade ago when a little company called Netscape prematurely slapped Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) upside the head and by so doing better positioned Microsoft for the future. Granted, I'm sure Microsoft would have loved to avoid the related litigation that continues to this day, but were it not for Netscape, Microsoft would have missed the Internet badly and would have had some much tougher years then they did. As I look at how Microsoft is changing to address the Linux threat, one that may actually turn out to be no more real then Netscape's was, I can't help but see how Microsoft has dramatically benefited from it -- and much more broadly so than they did from the rise of Netscape. |
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.90) at Tuesday, April 19, 2005 09:18:42 AM |
| Here we go with revisionist historian and general MS Lord God King Apologist, Rob Enderle. Let me save you all the time of reading this article for what says: MS wonderful, Linux bad. |
| #2 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at Tuesday, April 19, 2005 09:45:36 AM |
| The article actually made some sense, up to the point where he calls Linux a sham, at which point it takes a nosedive into your usual Enderle drivel. |
| #3 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:57:32 AM |
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Over in the 'Framing the discussion' thread I mentioned how zealots see everything as biased which doesn't fit into their world view.
Latch and tgnb provide a good example of what a zealot is. Because this article doesn't match their world view, they attack it... That last comment about "increasingly artificial reality that the open-source community has created" has a great ring of truth to it. |
| #4 By 15406 (216.191.227.90) at Tuesday, April 19, 2005 01:27:03 PM |
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#3: I'm not a zealot of anything, except maybe progressive rock music. I shit on MS when they deserve it. You'll notice I don't comment on every story, only the ones that are full of nonsense and spin. That pretty much means all articles by chronic MS homies Laura DiDio, Rob Enderle, Maureen O'Whatsherface and MS press releases that tell us the sun shines out Bill's butt. You, on the other hand, are always there to back up MS, Mr. Pot. Tell me, what's a zealot again?
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| #5 By 15406 (216.191.227.90) at Tuesday, April 19, 2005 02:54:20 PM |
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#5: I understand what you're saying. I've been paying attention for a long time now, but my memory isn't the best. That being said, I don't have the time (nor the inclination) to hunt around for anything to back up my assertions. I know it sounds like a copout, but that's reality. Then again, even if I did, I would be dismissed by the MS lovers, so why waste my time? I'd be willing to bet that some anti-MS guy has written it all down and has a nice Official Timeline of MS Evil, or some such that I could refer to. But then it would also be decried as lies, so what's the point? 50% believe Bush liberated Iraq. 50% believe he illegally invaded it. Who's right? This post was edited by Latch on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 14:54. |
| #6 By 20 (24.173.210.58) at Tuesday, April 19, 2005 03:49:28 PM |
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I'm bored with all the sensationalistic headlines about Linux and Microsoft. About how Microsoft is going to kill Linux or vice versa, or how they're going to lie in bed together and have unholy children or some other stupid notion.
I need to make an app that is a "Microsoft vs. Linux Headline Generator" to generate a bunch of these ridiculous and stupid headlines. |
