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Linux the Tortoise to Microsoft's Hare?

Posted by michael on from the slow-and-steady-gets-eaten-by-a-bear dept.

LukePieStalker writes "TheStreet.com is running a story by Ronna Abramson that makes a case for Linux cutting into Microsoft's server business and forcing Redmond to trim margins. A particular vulnerability is seen in overseas markets, but the heat should be turned up everywhere once Unix replacements are pretty far along by then end of next year. A quote from one CTO: [Linux is] "going to force Microsoft to spend more time on security and stability, and less time on adding new features.""

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  1. Hares run in ever decreasing circles by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you've ever been invovled in hare coursing (hopefully as a sab) then you'll know that hares run in spirals to escape the snarling teeth of the hounds.

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