On 29-May-98 Michael Lankton wrote:
Because Microsoft doesn't want to advance technology that they didn't develop. Their strategy has been to buy existing technology and bury it regardless of whether or not it was superior to their own internally
They buy or take and smother, more likely. The GPL *should* protect at least the heart of Linux.
developed product or no. Besides, didn't Microsoft try unix once with Xenix, fail and end up selling it to SCO?
That was news to me.
Been there, done that already ;)
I still like the idea; M$ would get something for nothing! They're giving things away left & right to steal market share, they're starting to port stuff (or purchase stuff) like crazy to unix, NT supports some nominal unix services out of the box already, COM ported to unix, M$ Terminal Server, it's looking like they're going to turn to something unix-y someday soon. (It's the only way to sell something _really_ scalable!) With something like MI/X that comes on the SuSE CD, think of 100% Windows compatibility *and* your favorite X programs, plus a telnet session when you want to get down to business... ahhh... Oh, Bodo & SuSE team, if M$ comes knocking with cash in hand... _STALL_!!! --------------- original heresy ---------------
jonathan@aracnet.net wrote:
Don't tell anyone I said this; I'd get burned at the stake if this slipped into say, the SuSE list (G) but why doesn't M$ distribute Linux in an NT/Unix bundle? *Then* they can boast about integration. They can add on to the open source kernel, keep their addons proprietary (as long as that will last) and people will love Linux because, "Hey, it's Microsoft"
I know, then nobody would use the NT side of things. I know *I* wouldn't! Just an idea.
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