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LinuxWorld: The end days of Microsoft

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson’s findings of fact could mean
the end of Microsoft as we know it — and new possibilities for
Linux.

“When the antitrust suit waged by the federal government and 19
states against Microsoft culminated in Judge Thomas Penfield
Jackson’s historic, 207 page finding of fact, it was cause for
celebration among many in the Linux community. After all, Microsoft
had recently begun to bring its heavy guns to bear on Linux.”

“Over the past year, since the release of the Halloween
Documents, Microsoft had attacked Linux with bogus benchmarks,
mythology, and reports from GartnerGroup that went over like bad
jokes with Linux supporters.”


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