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ZDNN: Evaluating ‘the Linux factor’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 4, 1999

Thanks to Sreenivas
Kothapalli
for this link.

“Just how scared is Microsoft of Linux? I don’t know what to
think anymore.”

“It also makes me a little queasy that some Linux and
open-source vendors, resellers and customers have become wary of
touting Linux’s latest wins because they claim to be afraid that
Microsoft will find a way to use these success stories against them
in court. This isn’t as crazy as it sounds.”

“Saying that Linux is a competitive threat to Microsoft Windows
is like saying that Cuba is capable of overpowering the
U.S.Microsoft’s insistence that small-time, alternative operating
systems like Linux are an immediate threat to its multi-billion
dollar core business is a bogus smoke-and-mirrors defense.”

Complete
Story

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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