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linux still wins!linux still wins!Posted Nov 2, 2007 15:26 UTC (Fri) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455)In reply to: agreed by JoeBuck Parent article: Mandriva CEO rants at Steve Ballmer
That's a win win situation for linux, although perhaps not for Mandriva. If linux can force MS to lower their prices to compete it only helps consumers. Bribery, zero margins (not true), etc. is unstainable for MS. It may have traditionally seemed sustainable with the large amounts of cash that they have, but that is only against other vendors. Linux can outlast MS since its margins are even lower! So, in the mean time even if customers still choose MS because of the lower cost (and/or bribe money they receive) they still win because of linux! So while I can understand why Mandriva might feel slighted (they may not outlast MS's cash forever,) they are not linux. In the long term, MS can only beat linux on features, good luck with that one. ;)
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linux still wins! Posted Nov 3, 2007 1:33 UTC (Sat) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246) [Link] I don't buy it. If yet another nation standardizes on Microsoft Products, even if Microsoft gives it to them for free, it makes it harder for the rest of their paying customers to switch away, pure and simple due to "network effects."
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