Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself.

From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Jesse Pollard <pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>, lm@bitmover.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The latest Microsoft FUD.  This time from BillG, himself.
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:02:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010629000255.B525@bug.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200106211300.IAA40817@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>
In-Reply-To: <200106211300.IAA40817@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>; from Jesse Pollard on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:00:25AM -0500

Hi!

> > I'm unimpressed with what Microsoft calls an operating system and
> > I'm equally unimpressed with what Unix calls an application layer.
> > For the last 10 years, Unix has gotten the OS right and the apps wrong
> > and Microsoft has gotten the apps right and the OS wrong.  Seems like
> > there is potential for a win-win.
> 
> I'm equally unimpressed by their applications - how many macro viruses
> exist? How do they propagate? How many times do they change file formats?
> How many patches are (re)issued to "fix" the same problem?
> 
> The biggest improvement would be that users could remain with a version
> that works for them and NOT be forced to pay more money for the same
> functionality (watch out for the XP license virus... also known as
> a logic bomb).

What is XP license virus?
								Pavel
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