What it means...

What it means...

Posted Oct 21, 2005 6:43 UTC (Fri) by Tashlan (guest, #17277)
In reply to: Then *they* win? by TwoTimeGrime
Parent article: Ballmer: Microsoft to go after Linux strongholds (ZDNet)

This quote does mean something. It means that fighting undermines your objectives. You fight because you are afraid and when you fight, you shift your focus away from your ambitions and onto your fears instead.
By focussing on their fears, Microsoft has helped to create the reality that Linux is today. They are manifesting their fears with the energy they expend in their "defense". Their actions have lead credence to the idea that Linux is worth evaluating. People that otherwise wouldn't have known about Linux were clued in and began to see what Microsoft was so concerned was about.

Use your opponents energy against them; your own is much too valuable to squander fighting.

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