Linux Today: Linux News On Internet Time.
Search Linux Today
Linux News Sections:  Blog -  Developer -  High Performance -  Infrastructure -  IT Management -  Security -  Storage -
Linux Today Navigation
LT Home
Preferences
Contribute
Link to Us
Search
Linux Jobs

Linux Today
Enterprise Linux Today
Apache Today
JustLinux.com
Linux Planet
PHPBuilder
All Linux Devices
Technology Jobs

JustTechJobs.com

LinuxToday Newsletters
Server Daily
IT Management Daily
Subscribe News
Subscribe PR
Subscribe Security

internet.com
Internet News
Small Business

Advertise
Newsletters
Tech Jobs
E-mail Offers

 










Current Newswire:

The Future of Kubuntu

SECURITY: Symantec should not be afraid of 'open' source code

Linux 3.3 rc3

60 Fantastic Free Android Apps

Ready for Another Linux Tablet? Meet the Rugged Trimble Yuma

How can the layman get involved with free software?

RIM Commits to Open Source BlackBerry 10 Native SDK

Oracle Staking Claim in Open-Source 'R' Language

50 Open Source Tools That Could Help You Find (or Keep) a Valentine

Ubuntu sound theme design



Applications Management Engineer Sr (NYC)
Next Step Systems
US-NY-New York

Justtechjobs.com Post A Job | Post A Resume
:Bill Gates: Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux
Bill Gates: Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux
Jun 23, 2009, 17 :19 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (9248 reads)

(Other stories by Roy Schestowitz)

[ Thanks to Roy Schestowitz for this link. ]

"Our most potent Operating System competitor is Linux and the phenomena around Open Source and free software. The same phenomena fuels competitors to all of our products. The ease of picking up Linux to learn it or to modify some piece of it is very attractive. The academic community, start up companies, foreign governments and many other constituencies are putting their best work into Linux. "

Complete Story

Related Stories:
Smears Against Boycott Novell(Jun 13, 2009)
Microsoft Has NASA Block GNU/Linux Users(May 28, 2009)
Microsoft Patent: More Money for Less Functions(May 22, 2009)
Burying the truth? Boycott Novell hit by Denial of Service attack(May 19, 2009)
Official Novell/Microsoft Web Site (MoreInterop) Calls Moonlight "Microsoft Moonlight"(Apr 27, 2009)
Antitrust Memo Shows How Microsoft Patent Encumbrances Are Used to Harm GNU/Linu(Apr 15, 2009)


Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat  
  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
What the heck is "discomaeetion" in micr ...   Language   
Don Whitbeck
Jun 23, 2009, 18:17:28
 
> What the heck is "discomaeetion" in mi ...   Re: Language   
Padma
Jun 23, 2009, 20:51:59
 
There's a lot of talk everywhere --  ...   The will to debate...   
Neko Nata
Jun 24, 2009, 04:16:47
 
> There's a lot of talk everywhere - ...   Re: The will to debate...   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 24, 2009, 18:15:55
 
me> > There's a lot of talk everywhe ...   Re: Re: The will to debate...   
Neko Nata
Jun 24, 2009, 23:01:02
 
  Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page  



Enter your comments below:

* Your Name:

* Your Email Address:

* Subject:

CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address]

* Comments:

Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content.

Fields marked with * are required!

..............................




All times are recorded in UTC.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Powered by Linux, Apache and PHP