My God! Jim Allchin is the guy who almost singlehandedly wrecked Microsoft's credibility at the antitrust trial by presenting the obviously faked video demonstration of why Internet Explorer couldn't be removed from Windows 98 without destroying the OS. He was also in charge of Windows 2000 development, which took so long that it gave Linux the critical time it needed to be accepted by thousands of commercial customers, many of whom got tired of waiting for Microsoft. Now he's claiming that open source software is "un-American" and he's asking the government to outlaw it. I would have thought that this was an April Fool's joke, but it's six weeks too early...
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My God! Jim Allchin is the guy who almost singlehandedly wrecked Microsoft's credibility at the antitrust trial by presenting the obviously faked video demonstration of why Internet Explorer couldn't be removed from Windows 98 without destroying the OS. He was also in charge of Windows 2000 development, which took so long that it gave Linux the critical time it needed to be accepted by thousands of commercial customers, many of whom got tired of waiting for Microsoft. Now he's claiming that open source software is "un-American" and he's asking the government to outlaw it. I would have thought that this was an April Fool's joke, but it's six weeks too early...