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LinuxPlanet: .comment: Can Microsoft Hurt Linux? In a Word, No.

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2001

“Microsoft Corporation and the U.S. Department of Justice are
back in court this week, as the monopolist maker of mediocre
software seeks to have overturned the ruling by U.S. District Judge
Thomas Penfield Jackson that if upheld could see the company
divided.”

“And there are lots of people in the general computing community
who act as if they think the outcome somehow matters. It
doesn’t.”

“…This anything-but-exciting courtroom drama comes just as the
Redmond leviathan is firing its first shots in its full assault on
Linux.”

“I propose that that doesn’t much matter, either.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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