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ONLamp: Will Linux Benefit from Microsoft’s SNAFU in Massachusetts?

[ Thanks to Tom Adelstein for
this link. ]

“David Berlind over at ZDNet wrote a remarkable article called
Did Microsoft send the wrong guy to Massachusetts’ ODF hearing?. If
you missed this article, you’ll have missed the equivalent of what
Intel’s Andy Grove called an inflection point. This one has the
potential to have more impact than the release of the first Pentium
processor.

“David believes that Microsoft should have sent Bill Gates or
Steve Ballmer to the hearing. In light of the continuing anti-trust
litigation between Microsoft and the Commonwealth, one has to
wonder if either Microsoft executive would have been
appropriate…”

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