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UnixWorld: Microsoft’s COM on Unix? Be Skeptical!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 11, 1999

“Microsoft will port and support COM on various versions of
Unix. Seems the folks in Redmond now understand that corporate
America employs a mixed bag of servers; they say they are
comfortable with this fact, and embrace it.”

“Don’t you believe it.

Microsoft is still world-domination headquarters and supporting
COM for Unix should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to love
NT’s competitors to death.”

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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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