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Halloween Memo?
Halloween Memo Anyone... anyone...

http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween1.php


*OSS poses a direct, short-term revenue and platform threat to Microsoft, particularly in server space. Additionally, the intrinsic parallelism and free idea exchange in OSS has benefits that are not replicable with our current licensing model and therefore present a long term developer mindshare threat.

*OSS is long-term credible ... FUD tactics can not be used to combat it.

* Linux can win as long as services / protocols are commodities.

*OSS projects have been able to gain a foothold in many server applications because of the wide utility of highly commoditized, simple protocols. By extending these protocols and developing new protocols, we can deny OSS projects entry into the market.

Like the Hammer once said "Can't touch this!"
And like I say when it comes to M$ "Can't trust them!"

-Spikey

(There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand binary and those that don't!)
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MS is using XML  Enterprise Analyst | 04/06/04
MS also want to make sure SW gets installed on Windows  oldskool | 04/06/04
Whoa, say it in't so, MS tests the OSS model - duh!  oldskool | 04/06/04
or maybe...  LinuxHippie | 04/06/04
its an acknowlegement of the obvious  oldskool | 04/06/04
New technology and the future  Enterprise Analyst | 04/06/04
what's the diff. between GPL & CPL  dg mh | 04/06/04
The difference  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
So CPL is a one way street, the OSS HoverVac  oldskool | 04/06/04
It's a free world ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
watch me pull a rabbit out of your post ... its free!  oldskool | 04/06/04
wrong  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
Actually, you may both be wrong?  John Le'Brecage | 04/06/04
well cpl is really free then  V Sanders | 04/06/04
Um, I think you are wrong...  Patrick Jones | 04/06/04
Probably not clear enough  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
the point is  V Sanders | 04/06/04
restarting thread counter - derivative vs. value-added  oldskool | 04/06/04
Differences between GPL and CPL  dbkennerly@... | 04/08/04
The viral argument is misdirection - MS doesn't want its bugs fixed!  oldskool | 04/08/04
Hmmm....  bchesmer | 04/06/04
Windows Installer has been free since day one ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
Windows Installer has been free  bchesmer | 04/06/04
What the article states is ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
No not at all....  bchesmer | 04/06/04
No not at all....  seosamh_z | 04/06/04
Hell froze!  ricardo-lopes | 04/06/04
re: hell froze  kb0old1978 | 04/06/04
Wow  CobraA1 | 04/06/04
from Ars:  ryusen | 04/06/04
(NT) Quick ! . . . Duck ! . . . Pigs are Flying !  Plain Logic | 04/06/04
why would they do this  V Sanders | 04/06/04
Not really  CobraA1 | 04/06/04
LINUX can't copy this - its COPYRIGHT MS  oldskool | 04/06/04
must be something in the water  V Sanders | 04/06/04
This is just the Microsoft method that has always been their own...  Confused by religion | 04/06/04
but are they willing to abandon their cash flow?  oldskool | 04/06/04
Message has been deleted.  Dave Mount | 04/07/04
Halloween Memo?  SpikeyMike_z | 04/09/04

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