LinuxWorld: Halloween V: Microsoft speaking volumes in silence

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 16, 1999

“Responding to a recent PCWeek Online interview with Microsoft
Group Product Manager Ed Muth, Open Source Initiative President
Eric Raymond penned this short rebuttal to Muth’s allegations that
the more he studies Linux, the weaker he finds its “value
proposition to consumers.” According to Eric, what’s most
interesting aren’t Muth’s assertions about Linux versus NT, but
rather what he didn’t say…”


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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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