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Microsoft in 2008

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-never-know dept.

r.jimenezz writes "Over at Wired there's an entertaining article written by Gary Wolf. It purports to be a memo written by a 2008-Microsoft-employed Linus Torvalds to Bill, arguing against Steve Ballmer's desire to go back to the untenable OS monopoly proposition instead of the 'new order': Windows is now some sort of desktop environment on top of an open OS!"

3 of 365 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Long horn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wait, you're saying Apple is the way out of overpriced corporate-marketed products? Um, what?

  2. Re:Wha...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Enjoy!

  3. Re:Sounds familiar... by bofkentucky · · Score: 2, Informative

    BeOS (OpenBEOS changed names I think) would like to register a complaint, as would VMS, which while not actively courting new users, still is being worked on daily.

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