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Not so sure that had anything to do with it
I don't think the Anti Trust law suit had anything to do with it. It was a pointless exercise in terms of this.

Linux would still be where it is today without the anti-trust lawsuit. What illegal activities could MS have done against Linux to put Linux out of business? I'm sure they could have done something but really MS underestimated Linux in the past just in the same manner that Billy Gates underestimated the Internet.

I believe a change is occuring today. The power once held by the software vendor is moving on to the hard vendors again. Software today such as Windows on the desktop in particular has reached it's maximum potential. If you look at what you do on PC today and compare it to what you did even 10 years ago nothing has changed task wise. You can do it easier today and it looks less itimidating. Like connecting to the internet or viewing a video clip. I remember doing that with Windows NT 4.0 when it first came out back almost 10 years ago. There really is only so much polishing you can do to an OS and people are polishing Linux right now too. OS software is becoming a comodity product. Hardware is what makes everything possible.

With Microsoft having 50 Billion in the bank though they can buy up the next big thing in the business. I wonder what that will be? In this way MS can just keep thier gloves on.
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Anyone else think the boys at Redmond are getting scared?  Lunchbox311 | 01/13/04
Yes  prime21 | 01/13/04
You do realize...  KTLA | 01/13/04
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don't forget...  stephen732@... | 01/13/04
Brown rodent  Louis Ross Focke | 01/15/04
Huh? Convert FROM Linux/Unix to Windows.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
Either way..it's about as likely to happen as you stopping trolling  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/13/04
No, that's what they said!  IT_User | 01/13/04
Seems its needed...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
Guess they'll need users to convert  IT_User | 01/13/04
No, but you missed the big point...  Patrick Jones | 01/14/04
Kindof like a free beheading  nucrash | 01/15/04
What's funny about this  kray_z | 01/13/04
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Deja Vu?  pwheeler | 01/13/04
Hey, in this case, let 'em!  IT_User | 01/13/04
Actually...  Richard Flude | 01/13/04
Not quite  agramont@... | 01/13/04
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Not Exactly!  ShadeTree | 01/13/04
Never mind that...  NemesisNL | 01/14/04
Woopie...  prime21 | 01/13/04
I tried Cygwin, didn't care for it  voska | 01/13/04
Who would use it anyway??  DonnieBoy | 01/13/04
But in the mean time  voska | 01/13/04
I doubt it  Suicida| | 01/18/04
Re: I tried Cygwin, didn't care for it  Solid Water | 01/13/04
No I haven't  voska | 01/14/04
LOL  vdraken | 01/13/04
Squirm? This is an easy one..  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/13/04
When all else fails...  vdraken | 01/13/04
You're the one trying toooooo hard.."bud"  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/13/04
Ahhh..  vdraken | 01/13/04
Wow..you're a lot dumber than I thought...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/13/04
ROFLMAO  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/13/04
What is your point?  prime21 | 01/13/04
vdraken is...  stephen732@... | 01/13/04
In other words..  vdraken | 01/15/04
Yes, and...  Patrick Jones | 01/14/04
Competition Works!  voska | 01/13/04
Thank you Judge KK  John Le'Brecage | 01/14/04
Not so sure that had anything to do with it  voska | 01/14/04
i needed these tools about a yr ago  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
This IS good news  issthatso | 01/13/04
exactly  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
What migration???  FirstNLastN | 01/13/04
It's not about desktop migration  toadlife | 01/13/04
Another example of how Linux benifits everyone  Richard Flude | 01/13/04
guess the question is  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
This again proves that competition is good for consumers.  Plain Logic | 01/13/04
Comments...  doe_z | 01/13/04
SFU is an excellent tool ...  toomuchgreeatea@... | 01/13/04
News Flash: Microsoft to release second toolkit  toadlife | 01/13/04
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Free Cygwin way better than Free SFU  edjge | 01/13/04
Microsoft wants to kill cygwin  tprince@... | 01/14/04
Jeez.. You guys claim that MS is always plotting something evil, don't you?  balsover | 01/14/04
No, but they want NT and Win9x users to upgrade  zasdljksadf | 01/18/04
No, SFU way better than Cygwin  zasdljksadf | 01/18/04
a bit late MS...  jimk_z | 01/13/04
GPL ??  Iain_Peters | 01/14/04
At best you could request the source of the apps in SFU  voska | 01/14/04
re: At best you could request the source of  Iain_Peters | 01/14/04
As long as competition remains  FilledOut | 01/14/04
Free Or Not, It's Still MS Garbageware  brenthawkinsmd | 01/14/04
Beta 3.5 tools for Unix- free  adkmom | 01/14/04
Better late than never  FilledOut | 01/15/04
Why  Zooomy | 01/15/04
SFU 3.5 does not run on WinXP Home, cygwin does.  edjge | 01/15/04
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