[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“Rick Belluzzo, former president and chief operating officer of
Microsoft Corp., took over as CEO of ailing Milpitas, Calif.-based
storage vendor Quantum Corp. in September. Belluzzo spoke with
Computerworld today about his first three months in a job where
“Linux” is no longer a dirty word…“So are you more of a believer in Linux now than you
were when you were at Microsoft? I wasn’t a believer in
Linux at Microsoft–I couldn’t be a believer at Microsoft. But
Linux is clearly the biggest competitive challenge that Microsoft
has ever faced. It’s unlike anything before–there’s not a company
behind it. It’s very elusive, in a way. I don’t think Linux is
going to be successful as a desktop replacement. But Linux is going
to surround new appliances and new segments, and really affect
Microsoft through prevention of Microsoft from moving into new
segments effectively…”
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