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Bill Gates Claims OSS Has Poor Interoperability

Posted by timothy on from the intrigued-by-ideas-desire-newsletter dept.

XeRXeS-TCN writes "In yet another example of Bill Gates seemingly 'not getting it' (or getting it just fine and spreading FUD), he has sent out an email to all MSFT's corporate customers, stating that if they are looking for interoperability, they should not look to Linux or OSS software. What he really means of course, is free alternatives trying to interoperate with Microsoft's non-documented proprietary standards."

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  1. This coming from the man... by mikeophile · · Score: 5, Funny

    who brought us Windows ME, an OS that isn't even interoperable with itself.

  2. Re:typical by JNighthawk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Um... so? Don't you know the golden rule? He who has the gold makes the rules.

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    Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'.
  3. Re:What is this world coming to? by BetterThanCaesar · · Score: 5, Funny

    An OS should be like a screw driver.

    One part vodka, three parts orange juice?

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    "Stop failing the Turing test!" -- Dilbert
  4. Re:What is this world coming to? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sick of Slashdotters jumping to conclusions about Bill Gate's honesty. Maybe Bill's trying to let the public know Linux isn't interoperable with his software's 13 new security vulnerabilities.