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MS Admits: Linux Biggest Threat to Winblows

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 10, 2007

[ Thanks to Eddy
Nigg
for this link. ]

“Here we have it! Finally Microsoft admits that Linux is the
biggest threat to its Windows operating system! Well, almost…
just not that directly.

“Bill Hilf, the general manager of platform strategy at
Microsoft in an attempt to smile at me, tries to help me make a
decision about which server platform to choose. The previous leader
of IBM’s Linux/Open Source Software is looking now from the top of
the web site of Microsoft and he should know best after over twelve
years involvement in OSS…”

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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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