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How Linux is Being Subverted
Sep 13, 2007, 02 :30 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (7155 reads)

"Linux is in great danger at the moment. That danger started when Microsoft cut their deal with Novell. Many open source advocates recognized this and there was a hue and cry over it. This furor has died down to a large extent and apathy has set in. To combat this the FSF brought out their GPLv3 but this seems to be too little too late.

"It now appears that Microsoft have started their (in)famous embrace and conqueror strategy on the Linux front. By cutting the deal with Novell they are admitting the Linux threat to them. By claiming their support for Linux they are effectively and efficiently starting their ownership campaign of the Linux platform. Unless they are stopped then Linux will go the way of Netscape..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
What open source people can do, what you ...   MS Subversion   
ds
Sep 13, 2007, 03:39:46
 
The author is concerned that Microsoft i ...   No Problem   
YetAnotherBob
Sep 13, 2007, 03:54:06
 
Perhaps I am naive, but I do not see the ...   I am not the least afraid   
paul
Sep 13, 2007, 04:33:28
 
As long as the two most prominent Linux  ...   Overblown   
Henk
Sep 13, 2007, 05:31:36
 
>>  This furor has died down to a large  ...   Patents=Smoke Screen   
BD
Sep 13, 2007, 12:43:18
 
 Perhaps I am naive, but I do not see th ...   Re: I am not the least afraid   
JJS
Sep 13, 2007, 14:39:31
 
...between Microsoft and companies like  ...   The danger of deals...   
cjm
Sep 13, 2007, 15:22:10
 
> The last time MS tried to take a work  ...   Re: I am not the least afraid - bad example   
Rob
Sep 13, 2007, 17:41:07
 
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