[ale] M$ Linux???

[Scott Warfield]

I'd be willing to bet the same person at Micro$oft that coined "Embrace and
Extend" had fleeting thoughts about getting into Linux as a product,
however, I agree;  It'll be a cold day I suspect before it happens.

Anyone recall that we saw Internet Explorer for Solaris way back when?


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-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of James P.
Kinney III
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 9:23 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] M$ Linux???

On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 09:04, Scott Castaline wrote:
> Check out this link.............
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> M$ LINUX

Dvorak missed the ball. M$ has no intention of bringing out a M$-Linux
offering. Ever. Hell would have ice skaters for a century before it happens.

What the purchase of Vintela does is give M$ another tool to use to squash
Linux. By shutting down the Linux aspect of the cross platform nature of
Vintela, Microsoft can further extend their grasp on the business desktop.
Vintela is a direct threat by offering products and services that can make
code for one platform work on all platforms. M$ does not see Apple nor Sun
as any threat at all. So cross-platform development for those platforms is
very safe and likely a business builder.
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