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A last hurrah?
As upbeat as the OSS crowd wants to make it, the struggle to raise some funds to publish the NYT ad illustrates the lack of wherewithall endemic to the OSS/linux world. Companies selling linux in commercial circumstances ala' IBM as an economical alternative to classic Unix will make money in both the sale of the linux licenses and the sale of support contracts. Linux is no different than Windows 2K3 in this regard and ships at about the same price.

Free Linux and Mozilla make for an effective alternative to Windows XP although it is not at all clear if the suppliers can truly stay the course over the long haul. It took Mozilla an awful long time to come up with the Firefox version that is a reasonable alternative to IE. What is going to compel them to create a sequel and how long will that take?
Posted by: amicus_curious   Posted on: 12/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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About time.  vdraken | 12/16/04
So what's the 'surprise'?  rapson | 12/16/04
They managed to do it???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/16/04
Message has been deleted.  Jeff Spicoli | 12/16/04
I Said The Same Thing When MS Released XP  itanalyst | 12/16/04
Jeff/Anal, you guys need to give it a rest.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/16/04
YOU need to give it a rest!  Jeff Spicoli | 12/16/04
Gotta back up No_Ax on this one....  htotten | 12/16/04
Yes  Jeff Spicoli | 12/16/04
What this really is...  Martin Marvinski | 12/16/04
There are many who make...  eulagree | 12/17/04
Not surprising...  AmusedAtItAll | 12/17/04
With all that effort, how can you be so wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/16/04
Yeah  Jeff Spicoli | 12/16/04
The problem with No_Ax . . .  CobraA1 | 12/18/04
Very good point.  Linux_Developer | 12/18/04
Curte try, silly but still cute.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/18/04
according to no-ax  JasonL31 | 12/19/04
come on ax i thought your humour was good there  hipparchus2000 | 12/16/04
There's a first  rapson | 12/16/04
Re: Jeff/Anal, you guys need to give it a rest.  none none | 12/16/04
No kidding  voska | 12/16/04
Oh come on...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/16/04
They wouldn't want to lie  ExLax_in_the_BHind | 12/16/04
You obviously would.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/18/04
Re: Oh come on...  none none | 12/16/04
And I did not even make the short list..sigh.  Laff | 12/17/04
RE: "They managed to do it???"  ajapierce | 12/16/04
The surprise is to you, axey  AmusedAtItAll | 12/17/04
Only surprise here is that Microsoft didn't do something illegal...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 12/16/04
What isnt a surpise..  vdraken | 12/16/04
give them time we know they have $$$$  Nullifidian | 12/17/04
Nice to see....  IT Scion | 12/16/04
FORECAST FOR MICROSOFT WHEN THEY HAVE TO EXPENSE STOCK OPTIONS  hipparchus2000 | 12/16/04
It will hurt many a company including Apple..but  Laff | 12/17/04
BFD  amicus_curious | 12/20/04
A last hurrah?  amicus_curious | 12/20/04
The answer: Google OS!  Linux_Developer | 12/23/04

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