"IDG is not better off by the way. Paul Krill took remarks from
Red Hat’s CEO slightly out of context* to issue a headline
suggesting that GNU/Linux will never make it on the desktop. The
anti-GNU/Linux crowd is using his article to spread such a message
further (e.g. The Inquirer). It's provocative, Also, regarding IDG,
check out the main banner/headline: "IBM, Microsoft, Sun
Microsystems Among Speakers on Tap for InfoWorld OSBC 2009 in San
Francisco." Despite Novell's keynote, neither Novell nor Red Hat
make the official opening press release. But Microsoft is
prominently there... on an "open source" conference that it
conceived and funds.
"Microsoft pretty much said that it had received a spot to speak
"as part of this sponsorship." And what talk did it deliver? What
was the message? That companies don't migrate to "open source" at
this time. Yes, they stay with Microsoft. That's the message
Microsoft the attendees of this conference which those people paid
to attend and this is how Microsoft can crash or hijack events,
according to its very own notes that court proceedings
exposed."
