[svlug] MICROSOFT VS LINUX

[Charles Ritter]

John Conover wrote:
> 
> I just spent some time mulling over the "Halloween document" from Eric
> S.  Raymond-all 37 pages of it. Attached is a fragment concerning
> Linux. What I found interesting is:
> 
>      Fold extended functionality into commodity protocols / services
>      and create new protocols

This is Microsoft's motto restated: "embrace and extend". I've heard it
a thousand times.

PS -- to all, FUD is a general tool of propaganda. It is implemented in
many forms not just the "our product will survive and theirs will die"
form.

Later
Chuck

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