I did not say that OSS will never knock MS off. That is not the goal of
OSS, but as others including Linus Torvalds have pointed out it may well
be a side effect.
I did say that it is incorrect to frame the discussion as MS vs Open
Source. That's very inaccurate. If one must frame the discussion as one
thing versus another, then the correct choice is MS vs all other software,
both open source and closed source.
You see that in the way MS goes (went) after Novell via false advertising
and by using the BSA to get Novell shops to switch to MS. Though there
are many other examples in that style.
-Lars
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Chuck wrote:
I don't believe OSS will ever knock MS off either. It will be a viable
alternative to MS software. It may even be better. But it will never
replace MS software. There's too many corporate types that believe that
price and quality of software are directly proportional.
For the rich there will always be MS. For the rest of us there is OSS.
Chuck
Lars D. Noodén wrote:
The article, and cetainly some replies, makes a mistake that many other
similar articles make: MS is not the alpha and omega of closed source so
the debate is not MS vs OpenSource, but MS vs both Closed and Open
Source. We get reminded of that every time MS gets caught using illegal
methods against competitors.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Chuck wrote:
Anthony Long wrote:
I'm curious to know what people think about this article?
http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4834&t=technology
Cheers,
Anthony
There are four things in life that are guaranteed...
1) You will be born
2) You will die
3) You will pay taxes
4) OSS will _NEVER_ replace commercial software
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