[ale] a scary scenario

[Irv Mullins]

On Saturday 06 April 2002 03:24 pm, you wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 07:41:50AM -0500, Jeff Rose wrote:
> > I think MS knows this already and has plans to give away Windows once
> > they get sustainable revenue from other sources, .Net, Xbox, etc.
> > That's how they killed Netscape so as soon as they can they'll try to do
> > the same with Linux.
>
> Interesting...but I doubt it will be anytime soon.  Or to word in
> another way...it probably will not be before Linux can become a more
> improved desktop for the masses.

If they actually have plans to give Windows away, they sure wasted 
a lot of effort and gained lots of bad press by adding all that copy 
protection, etc to XP. 

But then, Microsoft is a bureaucracy, so that kind of dunderheaded planning 
would be par for the course.....

Regards,
Irv

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