Is Microsoft Trying to Fracture the Open Source Community?
An article on eWeek, where Mark Shuttleworth speaks about MS actions lately.
I agree mostly and Microsoft has made quite a few questionable moves.
I think MS has finally given up trying to badmouth open source, and is actually engaging. But once in a while we see that MS is not as benign as it seems.
I do wish MS would concentrate on its products as opposed to doing strange things with its financial muscle.
The point is this. MS is driven by cash. Pure and simple. Open Source is driven by philosphy and general altruism.
There is no way MS will win this fight. Not in a prolonged battle.
God knows open source came out at a time when there were dominant vendors and proprietory products were reigning.
Open Source has come a long way, and will continue to go further so long as there is open code.
Want to kill open source? kill C. kill ideas. (though the patent system comes close, but any regimented system is bound to failure).
As a company, MS should really concentrate on why it even created Vista and the Office Suite 2007.
Because after all this time, it has come to the point where people are asking.
Why do I need to buy this new fangled product?
Ask yourself.
Does Vista give you more problems or less?
Does the new Word 2007 give you more problems or less?
The thing is this.
The new product must add SOMETHING, rather than add NOTHING.
So even if the new products do not give you problems, you should ask: "Did it add anything???"
Chances are that it did'nt.
Not for most users.
I do not see the Office 2007 or Vista doing well.
And with all the DRM sillyness, I hope Vista is dead in the water.
XP was an improvement.
Vista is an affront. To everyone really.
Over here, they no longer sell PCs with XP. No big deal right? Just get Vista.
It is a big deal, now I have to get more RAM JUST TO RUN VISTA.
That is just bad design, bad marketing and really forcing consumers to buy things they do not need.
Oh I haven't even started on the DRM.
Get XP.
Yeah you heard me. Insist on XP.
If not.
Welcome to Linux =) Join the party.
I agree mostly and Microsoft has made quite a few questionable moves.
I think MS has finally given up trying to badmouth open source, and is actually engaging. But once in a while we see that MS is not as benign as it seems.
I do wish MS would concentrate on its products as opposed to doing strange things with its financial muscle.
The point is this. MS is driven by cash. Pure and simple. Open Source is driven by philosphy and general altruism.
There is no way MS will win this fight. Not in a prolonged battle.
God knows open source came out at a time when there were dominant vendors and proprietory products were reigning.
Open Source has come a long way, and will continue to go further so long as there is open code.
Want to kill open source? kill C. kill ideas. (though the patent system comes close, but any regimented system is bound to failure).
As a company, MS should really concentrate on why it even created Vista and the Office Suite 2007.
Because after all this time, it has come to the point where people are asking.
Why do I need to buy this new fangled product?
Ask yourself.
Does Vista give you more problems or less?
Does the new Word 2007 give you more problems or less?
The thing is this.
The new product must add SOMETHING, rather than add NOTHING.
So even if the new products do not give you problems, you should ask: "Did it add anything???"
Chances are that it did'nt.
Not for most users.
I do not see the Office 2007 or Vista doing well.
And with all the DRM sillyness, I hope Vista is dead in the water.
XP was an improvement.
Vista is an affront. To everyone really.
Over here, they no longer sell PCs with XP. No big deal right? Just get Vista.
It is a big deal, now I have to get more RAM JUST TO RUN VISTA.
That is just bad design, bad marketing and really forcing consumers to buy things they do not need.
Oh I haven't even started on the DRM.
Get XP.
Yeah you heard me. Insist on XP.
If not.
Welcome to Linux =) Join the party.
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