Hi Ed!
I have been guilty of anti M$ feelings. However, I would like to channel
some of this wasted energy into really getting proficient with Linux.
However, I am still wading through XP *home*, for heaven's sake, and I
haven't had the time to work with Linux - or was that the plan?
Regards,
Pete
At 09:24 AM 11/29/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> Here's a great article on Steve Ballmer's latest anti-Linux rant:
>http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031022014413296 (or
>http://tinyurl.com/ryhe). I particularly liked this part:
>
>'There is no road map for Linux, nobody who has his rear end on the
>line. We think it's an advantage a commercial company can bring--we
>provide a road map, indemnify customers. They know where to send
>e-mail. None of that is true in the other world. So far, I think our
>model works pretty well,' Ballmer said.
>
> Rear end on the line? Indemnify its customers? Doesn't sound like any
>of the license agreements I've ever read from Microsoft. The ones that
>I have read go on at great length to specifically take their "rear end"
>out of the picture, and to indemnify *Microsoft*, not me.
>
> I wonder why, if their software is so superior and "trustworthy", that
>they don't back it up by putting their own finances at risk, instead of
>paying a team of lawyers bundles of cash to close every potential
>loophole that might make them liable for their mistakes?
>
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