[ale] M$ Linux???

[Keith Hopkins]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 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.
> 

  I smell an excellent new business model here.  First, you start a company that build cross-platform dev tools, and wait for M$ to buy you out for millions.  Then you start a company that builds cross-platform dev tools, and wait....

  Maybe start several similar companies in tandem ;)

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