On Monday 05 June 2006 12:31 am, lerninlinux@comcast.net wrote: [snip]
Unfortunately, this IS true.
Fred
Ever read I, Cringley? While I do realize the site of www.Microsoftlinux.org is a joke, Cringley, made a valid point (between 2001-2003) that Microsofts strong point with their OS is the desktop interface. He suggested (blasphemy according to Microsoft) that they put their gui, on top of Linux, and build their own version, while incorporating, it's security features, and their proprietary codecs, and the like. In a way, it seems to me, they started down that path, once before, with NT/OS2, as it was trying to gain some posix compliance, and multiplatform capabilities. They would just have a better toolset with Linux (IMHO).
Yes, they would, but they'd also have a HUGE number of legal problems if they tried it........THANKFULLY. :) However, it's not an issue becuase Gates and Ballmer have egos larger than the Country and will continue to do it "their way." ;) Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com