Well put Whil.
The main difference between the auto industry and the OS industry is one
word: competition.
Using FUD and Office-application-standard file formats, MSoft has
effectively negated the threat of competition...until Linux.
If there hadn't been competition from Japanese car manufacturers in the 70's
and 80's, the "Big Four" would never have lifted a finger or spent a dime on
improving reliability, gas mileage, and safety.
Sad that IBM was too busy shooting itself in the foot for OS2 to go
anywhere, but like the concept of "democracy", Microsoft can't effectively
fight Linux forever because Linux isn't one company that can be litigated to
death or paid off. (That's why they enlisted SCO to try.)
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: prolinux-bounces /at/ leafe D.OT com [mailto:prolinux-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of Whil Hentzen
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:43 PM
To: prolinux /at/ leafe D.OT com
Subject: Re: [ProLinux] Windows Gripe: No way to confirm downloads
You know, I think there are a lot of comparisons to be made with the early
auto industry and computers/software. Time spans and other issues, of
course,
are different, but the greedy bastards running some of the companies have
never changed. <s>
<snipped>
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Whil
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