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Ballmer on Windows Server 2003, Linux

Posted by michael on from the sominex dept.

no_demons writes "Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, has given an interview to CNet about Windows Server 2003 and Linux. He claims that 'our customers have seen a lot more innovation from us than they have seen from that [open-source] community'. Discuss." Also in the news: two critical security vulnerabilities (MS03-014, MS03-015), and this piece about Windows 2003 mentioning that Microsoft is trying to develop a command-line only server.

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 0, Troll

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  2. Re:He has a funny idea of "Innovation." by sigep_ohio · · Score: 0, Troll

    yes and Steve blo-Jobs got his inspiration from Xerox. Most /. readers should all know this story already. Mac is not as innovative with respect to the GUI as they claim. And saying Winblows is a cheap knock-off is like the pot calling the kettle black.

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  3. Re:Hooray! by Kj0n · · Score: 0, Troll

    And it is delivered on *ONLY* three DVD's.

    A 3 GHz processor, 2GB RAM and a 60GB hard disk are all you need to run it.

  4. Re:Wait, what does MS innovate??? by Sam+Gibson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fine:

    Context Sensitive Menus (that's the right button on your little mousey thingy)
    DHCP, yes they came up with this
    Task Bar
    The "Show Desktop" button

    There's probably more, and I'm not even an apologist!. I can't believe that shit got modded up.

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  5. Re:20+ years old? by bmajik · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure you've seen the internals of the windows 2k3 code and the windows 1.0 code, thusly qualifying you to make that statement ?

    I also assume you're qualified to comment on the internals of a unix kernel, linux specifically. Please comment on the major changes between UTSSE (7th edition) and Linux, as i see that minix and then UTSSE are linux's predecessors.

    I'll be waiting for your report.

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  6. Re:Hooray! by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 1, Troll
    Debian 3.0r1 comes on 6 cds and one update cd, I also have Debian on two dvds, one with binaries and one more with the source.

    Mandrake: 3 cds

    Redhat: 3 cds

    Suse: 1 DVD or 6 CDs

    Windows 2003 server comes on 1 cd.

    Oh yeah, that Windows is a real HOG!

    Please don't bring on stupid arguments about there being 7000 software packages in the linux cds, you are just reinforcing my point that Linux distros have managed to become even more bloated than windows. What a disgrace...

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  7. Re:boo, poor troll by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's a greater scheme at work of which you are unaware. Be patient.

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