I read the article in question. Based on the spoken words I would say the article was using smoke and mirrors to spread FUD about what Microsoft is planning. There is a lot of handwaving about what Mr. Balmer "meant" and nothing to really back up the authors main contentions other than vague unease at anything Microsoft might be doing.
Since the Apache Web Server already runs under Windows NT, Mr. Balmer's comments might be attributed as a simple note that Apache will run even better when Windows 2000 comes out.
The Linux community has better things to do than speculate about the motives behind every word spoken by a Microsoft executive. After all, we are not in the 'business' of selling operating systems, we are in the business of using them to their best advantage.
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I read the article in question. Based on the spoken words I would say the article was using smoke and mirrors to spread FUD about what Microsoft is planning. There is a lot of handwaving about what Mr. Balmer "meant" and nothing to really back up the authors main contentions other than vague unease at anything Microsoft might be doing.
Since the Apache Web Server already runs under Windows NT, Mr. Balmer's comments might be attributed as a simple note that Apache will run even better when Windows 2000 comes out.
The Linux community has better things to do than speculate about the motives behind every word spoken by a Microsoft executive. After all, we are not in the 'business' of selling operating systems, we are in the business of using them to their best advantage.