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Creative distruction makes us all stonger
I think Ray is right. His biggest competitor is open source. I'm not sure Microsoft will recover unless they learn how to embrace open source. The patent wars they have started make them toxic to most OS projects.
http://tmccune.blogspot.com/2008/04/creative-destruction-in-action.html
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Creative distruction makes us all stonger  Chalkboy | 05/28/08
Guess what? MSFT is doing fine w/regard to open source  marksashton | 05/29/08
Dosn't Ozzie Eat Bats?  Duke E. Love | 05/30/08
Success did not make Google disruptive, an assertion I drop quickly to say  DannyO_0x98 | 05/28/08
Does that make sense?  Anton Philidor | 05/28/08
Partly...  TtfnJohn | 05/28/08
Another type of competition.  Anton Philidor | 05/28/08
When you're a monopoly..no...  TtfnJohn | 05/28/08
Wrong  John L. Ries | 05/28/08
The two are linked.  Anton Philidor | 05/28/08
In general...  John L. Ries | 05/28/08
I'll take your word for it, but .......  xuniL_z | 05/28/08
You see, Anton - THAT Attitude is Why MicroShaft Is EVIL!  drprod@... | 05/28/08
What company is this MicroShaft? Is is some new mining ventilation system?  transposeIT | 05/29/08
Yep  alaniane@... | 05/29/08
That sounds about right.  xuniL_z | 06/05/08
Acquieses not competition  madrucke@... | 05/28/08
His stockholder comment...  storm14k | 05/28/08
Where is FOSS a competitor to Microsoft?  Anton Philidor | 05/28/08
Who's in danger here?  storm14k | 05/28/08
Ray Ozzie wouldn't agree  TtfnJohn | 05/28/08
Really???  linux for me | 05/28/08
Windows server replacements? Really????  transposeIT | 05/29/08
I have linux servers, but I haven't *switched*  Spiritusindomit@... | 05/29/08
Hope springs eternal  Ole Man | 05/28/08
Message has been deleted.  drprod@... | 05/28/08
Look at the chief backers of OS  alaniane@... | 05/29/08
Where isn't it?  Richard Flude | 05/29/08
Wrong Ricky.  xuniL_z | 06/02/08
take it up with microsoft  shis-ka-bob | 05/30/08
Microsoft is taking growing share  marksashton | 05/29/08
well wait until Google decide to jump into the os fray  Quebec-french | 05/28/08
I thought they would have by now. Which way would they go?  xuniL_z | 05/28/08
Open, but don't see it happening.  TripleII | 05/28/08
I've pictured a sleek, but rather ugly yellow box any day.....  xuniL_z | 05/29/08
Google would be smart not to jump into  alaniane@... | 05/29/08
Why.....  An Apple a Day | 05/28/08
I bet this guy will be the next Boss in Microsoft  TristanGrimaux | 05/28/08
Minor correction - PDC is in October, not next month  jpelak | 05/28/08
Would never know it by watching Ballmer  John L. Ries | 05/28/08
Open source probably IS a more disruptive competitor  Olorin_z | 05/28/08
WGA precludes business use!  SpikeyMike | 05/28/08
RE: Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google  wanderson | 05/28/08
Google is part of the community making community software  stevey_d | 05/28/08
Does this usher in the Ozzie era  tech_walker | 05/28/08
MS fighting its own customers  bcarpent1228@... | 05/28/08
Maybe  John L. Ries | 05/28/08
Put it another way  John L. Ries | 05/28/08
Right, but some people are taking this out of context  xuniL_z | 05/28/08
Past statements...  storm14k | 05/28/08
But you are only giving a one sided story here  xuniL_z | 05/29/08
Competes with its own customers...  storm14k | 05/28/08
Open source defines the basics.  djchandler | 05/28/08
"Open source is too ephemeral"  Ole Man | 05/28/08
You are right.  xuniL_z | 05/29/08
RE: you are right  Hemlock Stones | 05/29/08
you are right  Ole Man | 05/30/08
Here you are Ole Man. These at the least, faintly resemble what I said....  xuniL_z | 06/02/08
Ole Man suddenly grows silent. Not surprising when his.....  xuniL_z | 06/03/08
Ole Man is watching you (as others are, I imagine)  Ole Man | 06/03/08
Please stay with me here Ole Man. You said.....  xuniL_z | 06/04/08
It depends on what the definition of "is" is....  Ole Man | 06/06/08
ole man keeps digging his grave deeper  JamesDoyle | 06/06/08
What is a fool's fool, JamesDoyle?  Ole Man | 06/06/08
Are you saying that once someone has  xuniL_z | 06/02/08
Living in the world of "if" is a child's game  Ole Man | 06/03/08
You have got to be kidding. That's a doozy.  xuniL_z | 06/04/08
"It's just natural for your types"....Reading comprehension?  Ole Man | 06/06/08
Open Source is theft.  Spiritusindomit@... | 05/29/08
Then every PC OEM except Lenovo and Apple...  John L. Ries | 05/29/08
Awww....poor buddy...  storm14k | 05/29/08
Then every software vendor/developer  alaniane@... | 05/29/08
here are some examples ...  shis-ka-bob | 05/30/08
RE: Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google  randall.shimizu@... | 05/28/08
Mutual Assured Destruction.  TripleII | 05/28/08
I think people forget  alaniane@... | 05/29/08
Is your consistent.....  xuniL_z | 05/29/08
oops, how ironic is that?  xuniL_z | 05/29/08
RE: Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google  sergiovf@... | 05/28/08
who is driven where?  reedjjjr | 05/28/08
RE: Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google  Ashtonian | 05/29/08
Perhaps that's so  alaniane@... | 05/29/08
Damned dirty programmer  Monkey_MCSE | 05/29/08

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