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Forbes Ventures Bold Predictions For IT, Linux

Posted by simoniker on from the crystal-ball's-warranty-void dept.

LinuxThis writes "Everyone's favorite, Daniel Lyons and other Forbes journalists have made some bold predictions about IT in 2004. Interesting quotes include 'Microsoft warms up to open source, and tries to make a buck off it', and the best, from our main man Daniel Lyons himself: 'The end of 'free'. Free didn't work for dotcom pet food stores, yet much of the rhetoric around technologies like Linux and voiceover-IP still involves this crazy notion that companies can make money by giving things away. They can't.' Even better, he suggests: 'SCO Group will settle its lawsuit against IBM. Both sides will declare victory. The Linux community will turn on IBM.' This is interesting considering his previous observations about OSS.."

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  1. Jebus christ! by eddy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    DON'T FEED THAT FUCKING TROLL!

    Sheeesh.

    Don't go there. Don't comment. Just ignore the fucking idiot. No, no one [important] listens to him. The only one's that do already belong to his little choir. There's nothing to "debunk".

    Ignore.

    --
    Belief is the currency of delusion.
  2. I predict that I'll get laid... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    As a backup plan I have $2 and a plane ticket to Thailand.

  3. FAGS & JEWS FUCKING KILL THE WORLD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    MODERATION IS MASTURBATION

  4. Victoria Murphy in the Microsoft article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I know none of you cunts ever read the article, but check out the link to the Microsoft quote. Some chick called Victoria Murphy. Whoa, fucking hell, I'd bang her! I wonder what her cunt is like.