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Microsoft Continues Anti-OSS Strategy

Posted by Zonk on from the a-little-innovation-here-a-little-bad-press-there dept.

MacDaffy writes "Microsoft's General Manager of Platform Strategy, Michael Taylor, continues Microsoft's press blitz against Open Source in general and Linux in particular in a CNET Interview. He says of Linux: 'You can build it, design it, and it will work great. The trouble begins when you want to add things to it...(due to) the brittle nature of the platform, when you do that, other things break.'"

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  1. This is true... by ebingo · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... in Windows, you don't have to add things to break it!

    1. Re:This is true... by Janek+Kozicki · · Score: 4, Funny

      what a coincidence, /.'s sig on the bottom of the page says now: "Try to remove the color-problem by restarting your computer several times. -- Microsoft-Internet Explorer README.TXT"

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    2. Re:This is true... by walt-sjc · · Score: 4, Funny

      hunk of green moon-cheese

      Like THAT will ever happen. Everyone knows that the moon is made of yellow cheese...

    3. Re:This is true... by iamwahoo2 · · Score: 5, Funny
      How shifty is that?

      Well, that depends on your definition of the word "is".

  2. Oh, the humanity! by op12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why would you post such an article on Slashdot?!?

    *Runs for nearest bomb shelter*

    Upcoming article: Why Microsoft is the greatest!

  3. Go on, say it... by null+etc. · · Score: 3, Funny
    Q: In the last six months, what have you been focused on in terms of development work?

    Taylor: We continue to do the same things that we've been doing in the last couple of years

    You mean perpetually patch IE security flaws?

  4. Microsoft's security "understanding" by Timbo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...because people didn't really understand buffer overruns and port 80 and I/O issues 10 years ago...

    Those damn port 80 and I/O issues. Such a bitch to fix.

  5. Simple... by rewt66 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you add stuff to a Linux box, Microsoft's business model breaks.

    Microsoft: Which cleaners would you like to be taken to today?

  6. Anti-OS Strategy by EccentricAnomaly · · Score: 4, Funny

    In case of install, break Windows.
    In case of using IE, break Windows.
    In case of using Outlook Express, break windows.
    In case of buying a new graphics card, break windows.
    In case of using it for a couple months, break windows.

    Heh.. the title of the article should have been: "Microsoft Continues Anti-OS Strategy"

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