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There Is No 'Microsoft of Linux'?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-seven-eight-nine dept.

SDenmark writes "Linux Format has an interview with Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, the director of Linux and OSS marketing at Novell. Asked if any company can become the 'Microsoft of Linux', Greg responds "Well, if we ever woke up one day and said 'Wow, Novell is the Microsoft of Linux' or 'Red Hat is the Microsoft of Linux', then the Linux movement would be over." Is he right -- is the open source world free from such possibilities? Greg also discusses the internal Novell migration to Linux."

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  1. on a related note... by jonastullus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    what exactly is Microsoft(TM) the microsoft of?

  2. It Depends by saberworks · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It depends on what part of Microsoft you are comparing it to. If you are talking about their monopoly, probably not. However, if you are talking about their operating system loaded with a bunch of crap, ultra-slow, difficult to use, full of bugs, prone to viruses, then yes, there can definitely be a Microsoft of Linux. I think there already are a couple, but I'll leave the naming of names to others.

  3. Re:not until.... by eklitzke · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Perhaps not... but once upon a time, Microsoft did sell its own variant of Unix.

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