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:NewsForge: Linux Cannot Compete with Longhorn
NewsForge: Linux Cannot Compete with Longhorn
Sep 9, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (9345 reads)

(Other stories by Joe Barr)

"Wait. Hear me out. I'm not saying that because Longhorn is a superior platform in any way. I'm saying it because Longhorn is not real, it's just the latest codename for the next version of Windows. As everyone knows, the next version of Windows is always the best operating system of all time: it's always faster, more stable, and more secure than anything the world has ever seen before. Comparing a real operating system like GNU/Linux against the marketing dreams of the malignant monopoly from Redmond is like comparing your geekiness with Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet: a futile and unfulfilling exercise.

"Still, such false comparisons are one of Microsoft's favorite marketing techniques. Remember, Microsoft has never competed on the technical merits of its operating platforms. Not from the day IBM gave them a corner on the market until today. Given the quality of their products, that's probably a good thing for Redmond: DrDOS was a better DOS than MS-DOS, and OS/2 was far better, far more advanced than Win95..."

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Very interesting article.  Wasn't th ...   Doomed to repeat history?   
Alan Mead
Sep 9, 2004, 01:27:03
 
  This article must surely be a troll .. ...   Yeah, right - Longhorn is vapourware   
foobar
Sep 9, 2004, 08:56:55
 
>   This article must surely be a troll  ...   Re: Yeah, right - Longhorn is vapourware   
hindenburg
Sep 9, 2004, 14:03:22
 
The act of writing controversial headlin ...   Helpful Headlines   
AC
Sep 9, 2004, 14:20:10
 
I agree with the sentiment about the hea ...   Re: Helpful Headlines   
Rob Bochan
Sep 9, 2004, 14:58:44
 
> This article must surely be a trollagr ...   Re: Yeah, right - Longhorn is vapourware   
R.L.
Sep 9, 2004, 15:07:00
 
However, an even worse culling is that f ...   Re: Re: Helpful Headlines   
AJWM
Sep 9, 2004, 21:41:15
 
> The act of writing controversial headl ...   Re: Helpful Headlines   
Greg
Sep 9, 2004, 22:00:34
 
> > ReiserFS [...] I can even flick the  ...   Re: Re: Yeah, right - Longhorn is vapourware   
Pablo Gutiérrez Alonso
Sep 9, 2004, 23:32:53
 
I don't think it's a good idea t ...   UPS   
jo
Sep 10, 2004, 09:25:51
 
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