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I'd suggest you leave it there too

"If you don't undersand the complexities involved, and the
basics of capitalism that allow for competitive advantage.
(you call it "lock-in" or some other negatively slanted
phrase) and only are going to see it from one
perspective,then it's hopeless. "

You do understand this is about OOXML, a standard
submitted to a standards body. Yes it is complex, and very
difficult for people not knowing what they're doing (e.g.
MS).

"But that failed experiment only rushed the move to
Windows and productivity and, unfortunately, the need of a
number of positions, rose and fell respectively. "

You're claiming fewer people are required to support
windows than *nix server? I'd agree that *nix professionals
are more expensive than MSCE hacks but fewer, now your
making me laugh.

"Anyway, besides modeling Unix/Minix, Linux has done
nothing but try to reproduce the windows experience with
the linux engine."

How does one "models" Unix/Minix? Isn't the "windows
experience" you talk of the copied Apple experience with inconveniences?

"Mono, Samba, the distro with teh Vista look and feel
(poorly done look and feel i might add) and many
hundreds of projects aimed at obtaning MS functionality. "

Confusing functionality with interoperability.

"Perhaps the marketshare of Linux is not taking off from
the very reason you think MS stinks."

Market share is taking off. Linux doing well in Server and exceptionally well in embedded. Only the desktop OS lags
but even there interest is growing (thanks to computing
devices).

I'd suggest you leave it there too, your post is
degenerating into a mindless rant. Not bad going really,
you were wrong about every point you made (e.g. government of England, 100% funding, no OOXML support
in current MS products, etc). From this position MS would
not be fools, but heros:-)

Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 05/27/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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