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"Linux is *the* threat," Says Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the halloween-part-two dept.

Ami Ganguli writes "Anybody who works selling Linux into large accounts should read this leaked MS memo on The Register. Show it to your clients as well. The good news is that Microsoft is scared. The bad news is that these guys play tough. On the other hand, I've worked with IBM sales before, and they're no push-overs either." And it appears that they want to go after the the City of Largo as well.

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  1. Linux isn't the threat. Customers are. by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guns don't kill people. People kill people. For the same reason, Linux isn't the threat. People who use Linux to kill Microsoft are the threat. ;)

  2. Linux Compete Team by JonasH · · Score: 4, Funny
    There are many other things that you need to watch out for with Linux and the Linux Compete Team has been busy creating some great collateral to help you win


    Oh! I volunteer for the Penguin Attack force[tm]. Can we have laser beams?

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  3. MS OpenMemo by imrdkl · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the memo: If any of you have additional wins against Linux, along with your strategies & tactics for winning, let me know for future e-mails!

    Yes, and be sure to CC the person who leaked this memo!

  4. Funny, funny Brett by p3d0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "If they're the city of progress, why are they running Linux?", Brett jokes.
    Ha ha ha! Oh hoh hoh hoh! Oh Brett, you rapscallion. You really know how to turn a phrase.
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  5. Treating Linux Users like a Disease by LazyDawg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is great, because deep down inside we really are a plague. We have:

    1. Carriers --> the pre-installed masses out there who love the OS and tote it everywhere they can. You can't cure a carrier with the M$ vacciene, because they're stuck with the disease for life, for free, and don't even understand that its a problem, because they typically show none of the symptoms.

    2. Infection Vectors --> You can also spot evangelists, who might not be the best users or carriers around, but they sure do love to spread the word, show the symptoms of the "disease" of Linux, and make serious threats to Microsoft's soverignty.

    3. Symptoms --> Ranting about Emacs vs. Vi, BSD vs. GNU, wearing funny tee-shirts, or having epileptic fits about free software costing literally nothing at work, at home, during spare time, on dates, etc. People who do not learn to tame these symptoms can end up becoming terminal geeks, even if they are recovering Windows users.

    Which is probably why Microsoft sales people have to spot the companies with even a single Linux user, because they KNOW Linux will spread if left untreated.

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  6. Sense of entitlement by Weasel+Boy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree that this memo looks like nothing more than ordinary motivational rah-rah blather. What I absolutely adore is the sense of entitlement.

    "EVERY propritary Unix server out there is a Microsoft sale waiting to happen, gosh darn it! Every time one of those faithless IT people swaps in a Free Unix to replace a proprietary Unix... they're STEALING our sale! That's money taken from OUR pocket! Linux is to blame for the tattoos on my ass! EVERY TIME ONE OF YOU BEARDED, TEE-SHIRT-WEARING HIPPIE SCUM BOOTS Linux, MICROSOFT CHILDREN GO HUNGRY!!!!!"