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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. Re:I doubt Microsoft is really bothered. by savaget · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Linux is not remotely a threat on the desktop - as long as it has multiple different GUI's and window managers and toolkits and all the rest, and a lack of a decent browser or office solution, it always will not be a threat.


    The latest Mozilla is more than decent.

  2. M$ Games by JavaPriest · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can only run my new M$ FS2002 on Windoze 98 and up. It doesn't support my "old" Win95 (which I maintained on my computer for gaming) so I will have to install some new Win version.

    No Linux solution here.

  3. Re:Replace UNIX with Windows 2000? ;) by ScumBiker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I want a job there. I'm mandated to use M$ servers. I was lucky to get them to let me install Win2k even. groan

    --
    --- Think of it as evolution in action ---
  4. Re:Linux isn't the threat. Customers are. by Cap'n+enigma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    More people are killed by cars than all other weapons combined. Let's outlaw cars.

  5. Re:No News Here by Junks+Jerzey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    To tell you the truth, the memo looks like one you would find in any major corporation.

    Spot on. Most of the people get worked up over this are students without any substantial work experience. You get the same kind of stuff at just about any large company.

  6. Re:Linux isn't the threat. Customers are. by Syberghost · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Guns aren't the threat; Gnus are.

  7. tatoos by bperkins · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    keep that inventory in your back pocket -- hell -- tattoo it on your butt if you have to

    Is this why Microsoft reps have their heads up their asses?

  8. Re:Linux isn't the threat. Customers are. by Broccolist · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I almost wish they had. Is it just me or are BSD sockets really ugly? Functions do several unrelated things depending on their arguments (select() does what, 5 things?), much of the system results from implementation details instead of a client-oriented plan, and the function names don't make much sense. Sockets programming is so conceptually simple it should be a piece of cake, but somehow BSD sockets make it hard.

    In comparison, Java has a nice, clean sockets interface. It would be sweet if Windows had something similar instead of the current heap of legacy crap. (though MFC may have made some progress in this direction, I don't really know much about it)