The Cloud is to open source, what Midway was to the allies in WWII. Not just Linux, but open source in general, just claimed a major global victory. moderatorrater poster pointed out this has to be built upon open source, as Microsloth and other proprietary systems would be tremendously cost prohibitive. The cost of licensing, and support costs would be astronomical. Windows may attempt to provide a cloud and claim they are the sole cloud provider. just like they tried to claim to be the backbone of the internet some 30 years after the internet had been invented. But it would be at best mis-spent marketing FUD. The most Microsoft will be be able to do with the cloud, is look at it through the windows. The war wages on, but as history may repeat, it took a nuke to stop the Japanese long after they were defeated. AntiTrust enforcement my be the only thing to really end the conflict. - Dan.
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The Cloud is to open source, what Midway was to the allies in WWII. Not just Linux, but open source in general, just claimed a major global victory. moderatorrater poster pointed out this has to be built upon open source, as Microsloth and other proprietary systems would be tremendously cost prohibitive. The cost of licensing, and support costs would be astronomical. Windows may attempt to provide a cloud and claim they are the sole cloud provider. just like they tried to claim to be the backbone of the internet some 30 years after the internet had been invented. But it would be at best mis-spent marketing FUD. The most Microsoft will be be able to do with the cloud, is look at it through the windows. The war wages on, but as history may repeat, it took a nuke to stop the Japanese long after they were defeated. AntiTrust enforcement my be the only thing to really end the conflict. - Dan.
Do I get one of those nifty KGB badges for my collection of law enforcement memorabilia too?