“Imagine you are Jim Ewel and you work for Microsoft, the most
successful software company in the world. You are a busy man, as
marketing director for the forthcoming Windows 2000 operating
system. But you keep hearing annoying reports about the explosive
growth of Linux…”
“It hasn’t been fun. Like any good, competitive businessman
trying to maintain your edge, you set up a team to keep track of
Linux, and the Wall Street Journal in May called you a “Linux
stalker.” You’ve had about enough of the open-source
philosophy…”
“Sorry Jim…”