On 1/31/07, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the Economic Times (at Bangalore) today, there is an article on page > 6 titled "MS takes linux world by storm" > > """ > When asked about its participation in Linux Asia, Microsoft said that > the company will try to educate clients and communicate about its new > stance towards open source. Mr Radhesh Balakrishnan, director, platform > strategy, Microsoft, told ET, "Open source software is turning > commercial and commercial software is becoming more open to open source. > We believe that interoperability between the two is the way to the > future. People have created a myth in the minds of clients that the > world can work only either on open source. Rather than being carried > over by rhetoric, clients should rather look at lowering TCO (total cost > of ownership). According to a Frost & Sullivan study, Windows offers > 15.9% lower TCO than Linux on the server side.'' > """ > > > It is quite obvious what their point of participating in the event is > about. I don't understand how a company which doesn't contribute to > Linux is any positive/constructive way, can be allowed to participate in > such an event. What is the criteria for participating in this apparently > Linux event? > > Conversely, is there any way a Linux company can participate in an > Microsoft promoting event and talk about the virtues of Linux? > > > - Sandip
Obviously, people who run the show are giving-in to the thing called "money". The Linux community needs to take serious note of it. Such things will take the event away from its known objectives. -- Linux - Transforming Lives ! _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
