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:ZDNet UK: Linux: The Forking Fight-Back
ZDNet UK: Linux: The Forking Fight-Back
Feb 6, 2005, 17 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (9859 reads)

(Other stories by Matthew Broersma)

"The nightmare scenario of any company thinking of investing or already committed to Linux goes something like this: as more and more vendors get behind the OS, commercial pressures will lead to fragmentation, and users end up stuck with an isolated Linux distribution.

"It’s a vision that Microsoft is understandably keen to promote. In a January interview with BusinessWeek, Kevin Johnson, Microsoft's group vice-president for worldwide sales, marketing and services, gave a familiar assessment of Linux: 'It has the potential to fragment like Unix did,' he said..."

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unix was majorly affected by fragmentati ...   not really a danger....   
anonymous
Feb 6, 2005, 18:58:06
 
instead of pointing fingers to competito ...   microsoft execs   
anonymous
Feb 6, 2005, 19:15:39
 
Surely Linux has gone through fewer comp ...   Compatibility breaking changes   
Richard
Feb 7, 2005, 07:27:47
 
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