Such dismissive comments are dangerous.

Such dismissive comments are dangerous.

Posted Oct 20, 2005 19:57 UTC (Thu) by utoddl (subscriber, #1232)
Parent article: Ballmer: Microsoft to go after Linux strongholds (ZDNet)

These comments are a little disturbing. Reminds me of Ghandi's saying:

First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.

Sounds like we've moved to step two. I don't seriously think Microsoft poses any threat (other than political) to Linux because there's nothing for them to kill off. Linux is just there; use it or don't, it won't go away. But to discard Microsoft's moves toward these areas so flippantly borders on irresponsibility.

Microsoft may do some interesting things in this area. There are likely some Windows shops that are good candidates for clustering that haven't gone there because they only have Windows expertise in house. These sites are prime "win" candidates for Microsoft. If you want to ignore them because they don't want to switch to our clearly superior technology, then go back to watching your betamax and wait for the world to get a clue. Just be prepared to wait a long time...

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