Microsoft is taking Linux seriously

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Post #112,316 by orion 7/31/03 6:25:46 PM Reply	Microsoft is taking Linux seriously [link\|http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12803689\|http://informationwe...rticleID=12803689] Microsoft has a lab set up to test Microsoft's beast next to a Linux based one and see the results of performance and features. This will be interesting if they find that Linux can do the same features for a lot less. This does show that Microsoft is taking Linux seriously and considers Linux a main competitor.
Post #112,317 by bepatient 7/31/03 6:30:50 PM Reply	It could also mean... ...that they're trying to find which linux config options to hamstring so that their systems look better in benchmark tests. Lord knows they were successful doing this with the Samba benchmarks. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #112,391 by mmoffitt 8/1/03 10:10:37 AM Reply	Bingo. bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #112,432 by Ashton 8/1/03 4:22:09 PM Reply	Heh.. IT as the perfect Model of Vulture Capitalism - there's never an end.. to the variety of disgustingly unethical add-ons, to ensure that your Approved-illegal-monopoly prevails. Over and over and .. pop-under. I [Heart] Econ.

Microsoft is taking Linux seriously - (orion) - (3) - July 31, 2003, 06:25:46 PM EDT

It could also mean... - (bepatient) - (2) - July 31, 2003, 06:30:50 PM EDT

Bingo. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 1, 2003, 10:10:37 AM EDT

Heh.. IT as the perfect Model of Vulture Capitalism - (Ashton) - Aug. 1, 2003, 04:22:09 PM EDT

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If you realize that this is the result of 35 years of continuous development across a wide range of compute platforms, there's a certain sense to it. It's internally consistent with its development history. Not that it doesn't suck.
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