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Why Microsoft won't assault Linux (ZDNet)
Why Microsoft won't assault Linux (ZDNet)
Posted Nov 8, 2006 23:46 UTC (Wed) by ajross (subscriber, #4563)Parent article: Why Microsoft won't assault Linux (ZDNet)
The reasonable response to this, of course, is that Microsoft has never once been known to pursue a "detente" with anyone, ever*. Winning has historically been part of the corporate culture, not compromise, nor even cooperation. Now, is it possible that this has changed? Sure. But lacking further evidence you will have to forgive us in the open source world our paranoia.
*Maybe someone can come up with a good counterexample here. Certainly they have pursued partnerships in the past, but to my knowlege never with a company with whom they could be considered in competition. The closest I can come is the investment in Apple a few years back, but that was when they were under the shadow of an impending anti-trust verdict and had an affirmative need for "competition".
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Why Microsoft won't assault Linux (ZDNet)
Posted Nov 9, 2006 0:20 UTC (Thu) by thebluesgnr (guest, #37963) [Link]
Didn't they sign a similar deal with Sun a couple of years ago?
Why Microsoft won't assault Linux (ZDNet)
Posted Nov 9, 2006 16:23 UTC (Thu) by riel (subscriber, #3142) [Link]
And look what good it did Sun.
It appears that most of the software companies that went to bed with Microsoft ended up catching something nasty. The track record certainly isn't good...