Microsoft and Linux Will Never Be “Best Buddies”

“I just read an article called: Life after Windows: What happens
to tech if Microsoft dies?” The article made me think of what it
really would be like without Microsoft. I didn’t like it. We need
Microsoft over there competing with us. No matter what happens to
the economy, to the PC hardware format or to the demographic of the
common computer user; Microsoft and Linux will never be “best
buddies.” And I know that “Linux” includes the major commercial
Linux players: Novell, Red Hat and Canonical. I know that Novell
and Red Hat have both crossed enemy lines with agreements but to
think that the two camps will ever kiss, makeup and live happily
ever after is pure fantasy. Frankly, I like it that way.

“Competition creates a good business atmosphere for the consumer
and for the competitors. Though Microsoft has been blessed with the
“monopoly” label, it really is not a monopoly. As long as Apple and
the Linux commercial companies exist, it is not a monopoly. To go
further, as long as any alternative to Windows and its products
exist, it is not a monopoly.”

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