-----Original Message-----
From: William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?
>free. That combined with the lack of a single target to sue would
>probably prevent this; and the emulators aren't really the source of the
>threat to MS anyway.
Well, true, but without the emulators, Linux isn't a threat on the desktop.
At least, not yet.
If Microsoft could squash them, it'd pretty much restrict Linux's growth
enough to do the damage.
>data terminal). That goes over well in court, I'm sure. My personal
>theory is that MS is attempting to cost Netscape as much money as possible
>in frivolous lawsuits. :)
Don't underestimate the power of that. Microsoft is *THE* biggest software
company in the world. IBM is a close second, but doesn't make an emulator.
Everybody else is vulnerable, if Microsoft were to think Linux enough of a
threat. Which they probably don't.
>There is no way they could leverage their resellers, because to my
>knowledge there are no companies that sell both MS and Linux preinstalled
>on their systems.
Indelible Blue, Inc. They also pre-load OS/2. www.indelible-blue.com
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