LinuxPlanet: Microsoft is Scared of the Penguinistas!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 22, 1999

[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard
for this link. ]

“Never ask a lawyer to do a penguin’s work.“

“In a weirdly phrased technical posting from Support Services,
Microsoft insinuates — but doesn’t come right out and say — that
if you want to run the upcoming Windows 2000, you’ll need to delete
Linux from your PC.”

“Is Linux such a threat to the big, bad monopoly that Microsoft
must resort to out-and-out deception to battle the inevitable? Has
our rag-tag army of open-source evangelists and penguinistas
managed to do what the U.S. Justice Department, a sea of lawyers,
and the full force of the U.S. government failed to do: bring down
the Evil Empire of Redmond? Apparently so. This technical posting
from Microsoft reeks of fear.”

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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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