Since when has 'opening your product or software up to a wider user-base' ever been considered 'losing?' This action will not lose them a single customer. if they gained even one user then M$ is a winner.
This doesn't mean Linux is not a winner. Linux fans have such a difficult time thinking like a capitalist. No idea why it is so difficult! The same Euro-centric individual could own a Popsicle stand on his own street corner. When faced with capitalism on a level that personally impacts him he can 'get it.' He's out for himself... but translate that same philosophy to a corporate level and the same Euro-phile goes all socialistic. I'll just never understand it...
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Since when has 'opening your product or software up to a wider user-base' ever been considered 'losing?' This action will not lose them a single customer. if they gained even one user then M$ is a winner. This doesn't mean Linux is not a winner. Linux fans have such a difficult time thinking like a capitalist. No idea why it is so difficult! The same Euro-centric individual could own a Popsicle stand on his own street corner. When faced with capitalism on a level that personally impacts him he can 'get it.' He's out for himself... but translate that same philosophy to a corporate level and the same Euro-phile goes all socialistic. I'll just never understand it...