eWeek: Microsoft’s Longhorn Failure Is Linux’s Chance

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Aug 31, 2004

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Microsoft’s vaporware master plan is finally broken. The
wonderful wizards of Redmond are still saying, “Pay no attention to
that man behind the curtain!” But even the most fanatical Microsoft
supporter has to see that Longhorn has become Shorthorn.

“Microsoft has often managed to freeze the market with promises
that no matter how great a competitor’s current program is,
Microsoft’s next program will be so much better that only a fool
would settle for a bird in the hand instead of the two in the
Microsoft bush. We have been such fools…”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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