On Friday November 19 2004 12:01 pm, LeoRivas wrote:
Gil Weber wrote:
A fascinating article on CNN.com at link below. Balmer threatens governments using Linux with lawsuits over alleged intellectual rights infringements. Classic quote from Ballmer at end of article:
"We think our software is far more secure than open-source software. It is more secure because we stand behind it, we fixed it, because we built it. Nobody ever knows who built open-source software," he added.
Chutzpah!!! ;o) Here's the link to story. Gil
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech/11/19/tech.microsoft.reut/index.html
We'll switch to FreeBSD then...no.... OpenBSD.... no., Minix.... QNX, BeOS... even Mac..etc.
Mr Ballmer seems to forget there are other players on the table, but hey, whatever the OS people are moving to, while is not M$, Mr Ballmer is gonna say something stupid, as usual, try to attract attention.. and make a couple bucks more! (as if he hadn't enough already)
It has NOTHING to do with money, but EVERYTHING to do with power and CONTROL! Fred -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin 1759