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Okay, you didn't believe Linux gained on Windows.
My point in the prior post was that we have an article titled Microsoft: Linux may mean price cuts, fewer sales. It's based on an SEC filing. Approximately the same text has been in SEC filings for a long time. Microsoft continues to roll along, without much damage from Linux to date.

So the article uses "boilerplate" language to hint Linux is doing damage. Look at some of the other posts here, in which Linux supporters believe that there's cause for celebration. When I wrote in my last paragraph:

The hardy band of Linux fanciers is expected to leap joyously on any hint of the possibility of the barest nudge to Microsoft's dominance. Don't let their cynicism succeed! Believe in fact so that you can't be disappointed.

I was saying, don't let the author of the article manipulate you. Look at the facts, see what's happening clearly, and know you'll have to put the party hats away until another day. If that day ever comes.


And it's worth emphasizing: I don't opposae competition to Microsoft. I'd like to see it. But it should come from companies that pay people for the good work they do. My opposition is summed up in the statement:

The workman is worthy of his hire.

(It's an old motto, so women should be and are included.)

I also want Linux and other open source projects to be guided by the self-interest of the people and organizations working on it, not exploited by companies like IBM, which leverage idealism and the need to build a resume in order to avoid having to hire their own staff and to win bids for service contracts that displace workers.

So, if Linux and all open source projects closed down and gave their IP to a new, profit-making organization that acted for its own benefit in the market, then I'd be happy. I'd expect to try their products.

But that's not the situation now, is it?!
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Gasp!!  aureolin@... | 09/03/04
Competition and the Law  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/03/04
Innvoation  xyz10_z | 09/03/04
BWAHAHAHAHA!!  Jeff Spicoli | 09/03/04
The sky is falling  nomorems | 09/03/04
I love the smell of competiton in the morning  Squawkbox | 09/03/04
Not so fast.  Suicida| | 09/05/04
Ummmm, here's a thought.....  Sir_Chancealot | 09/07/04
MS crazy like a fox  John Zern | 09/05/04
Nice to see an honest filing with the SEC.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/03/04
I'll take it that's a shot at Red Hat  Michael Kelly | 09/03/04
No, but now that you mention it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/03/04
It is a rare site.  doe_z | 09/03/04
Just yesterday...  sa_z | 09/03/04
You must have been on drugs...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/03/04
Re: You must have been on drugs...  none none | 09/03/04
must have been truth drugs  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
Here is your post (link included)  B.O.F.H. | 09/03/04
Now I see why your confused.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/04/04
while respnding to you is something of a WOMBAT....  B.O.F.H. | 09/04/04
Not honest, just excuse!  sa_z | 09/03/04
What was Red Hats "excuse" then?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/03/04
Hypocritical bitty  AmusedAtItAll | 09/03/04
It'a about honesty.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/04/04
What you are referencing is called ?cookie jar accounting?  B.O.F.H. | 09/04/04
If MS seems honest and up front....  Mack DaNife | 09/07/04
Well no kidding!  Linux User 147560 | 09/03/04
Mission Accomplished?  seosamh_z | 09/03/04
Can you say Munich?  Jeff Spicoli | 09/03/04
The word is German, pronounced, "Extravagant disaster."  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
First Munich unt zen ze vorld  seosamh_z | 09/03/04
Don't jerk too fast with your own claims.  systemcleaner | 09/03/04
Relax  seosamh_z | 09/04/04
You two ought to get along better...  Linux_Developer | 09/04/04
Why the extra about the US army?  Linux_Developer | 09/03/04
As I was walking up the stair...  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
ghandi's first stage  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
Learning Linux is good thing  voska | 09/07/04
ZDNet killjoys  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
"Killjoys". I love it!  Linux_Developer | 09/03/04
I don't get it either...  nomorems | 09/03/04
That's not exactly what I meant.  Linux_Developer | 09/03/04
Okay, you didn't believe Linux gained on Windows.  Anton Philidor | 09/03/04
Did Microsoft lie to the SEC?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/04/04
About the existence of a possible threat? No.  Anton Philidor | 09/04/04
Not quite.  systemcleaner | 09/04/04
The magic word is "product"  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/05/04
Re: Okay, you didn't believe Linux gained on Windows.  none none | 09/04/04
Yes, open source is not proprietary software  Anton Philidor | 09/04/04
Re: Yes, open source is not proprietary software  none none | 09/04/04
Where the difference  roymac_z | 09/16/04
Why should it matter where the competition comes from?  rafe01 | 09/05/04
One Windows fancier is leaping joyously....  tgrady | 09/07/04
When you guys start seeing paid programming jobs disappearing ...  P. Douglas | 09/03/04
Bzzt..  nomorems | 09/03/04
A few decades ago...  doe_z | 09/03/04
Bad analogy  seosamh_z | 09/03/04
Does not compute  AmusedAtItAll | 09/03/04
No need to replace it  seosamh_z | 09/04/04
No need to replace it???  systemcleaner | 09/04/04
As usual.  systemcleaner | 09/04/04
Comprehentionally challenged?  seosamh_z | 09/05/04
Ethically challenged?  Linux_Developer | 09/05/04
To Linux_developer  seosamh_z | 09/05/04
To seomsah  none none | 09/05/04
That is a fallacy  Mack DaNife | 09/07/04
Maybe we will need fewer programmers, open source is more efficient.  DonnieBoy | 09/03/04
You guys are cutting off your noses to spite your faces (NT)  P. Douglas | 09/03/04
You can't stop progress. Lower costs and higher quality are comming.  DonnieBoy | 09/04/04
Better apps  seosamh_z | 09/03/04
last time it was outsourcing to india  hipparchus2000 | 09/03/04
They will disappear without OSS...  boomslang_z | 09/05/04
It must be better than I thought  whisperycat | 09/05/04
Let the job boards speak for themselves....  parksmike@... | 09/06/04
Job shuffling is part of life.  Mack DaNife | 09/07/04
Poor Mike Cox  Michael Kelly | 09/03/04
Step 1. Get head out of sand!  kd5auq | 09/03/04
Good luck with the rest of the programme (NT)  seosamh_z | 09/03/04
Windows OS is so overprice  STFU NOOB | 09/03/04
Then don't buy it  Michael Kelly | 09/03/04
It's OK MS ...  michael-t | 09/03/04
Considering  AbsolutelyNot | 09/03/04
That notebook is nx5000.  chiishen | 09/03/04
I run SuSE 9.1 Pro on  Linux User 147560 | 09/03/04
i run SuSE 9.1 pro on...  doh123 | 09/07/04
hp linux solutions...  Arm A. Geddon | 09/03/04
Readying to Pounce  JAS2803 | 09/03/04
and remember how buying a PC meant only from IBM  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/03/04
Everyone remember that shampoo commercial..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/03/04
turn out the light......  supoman | 09/04/04
Too bad about the towels.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/04/04
This is an illusion  asky | 09/04/04
Whoa. I didn't think about that.  Linux_Developer | 09/04/04
Everythings a threat  John Zern | 09/05/04
If they jump in they will  Linux User 147560 | 09/06/04
only office and windows make money  jcall_z | 09/07/04
Could be...  John L. Ries | 09/04/04
What if we don't need more features  hipparchus2000 | 09/05/04
BUT YOU DO NEED NEW FEATURES LIKE DRM  V Sanders | 09/05/04
Better yet: "Do you know where you've been today?", MS. (nt)  doe_z | 09/05/04
Why? Is honesty only Microsoft? (NT)  Update victim | 09/06/04
people use the word "STEAL" too much these days  V Sanders | 09/05/04
Yeah but...  doe_z | 09/05/04
Gonna agree with "asky" 100% on this one.  John Zern | 09/05/04
Here I have to  Linux User 147560 | 09/06/04
boilerplate language  asky | 09/06/04
It is Microsoft's interest to hide their fear of Linux  George Mitchell | 09/06/04
Just give up MS  FilledOut | 09/06/04
SALE SALE SALE  Bill_gates_Is_SATAN | 09/06/04
Can't wait to see how others are impacted  FilledOut | 09/12/04
Linux continues to steal business???  j_backer@... | 09/15/04
Who cares and why should they?  Looneytoon | 01/10/06

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