"Fred A. Miller" wrote:
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1998-12/lw-12-vcontrol.html?a01-04
A FUD campaign against Linux won't work, because Linux is a superior
operating system. The more Microsoft tries to raise different issues,
the more of their own weaknesses will be revealed.
Anyways, most business desicions are not made on technical merit
anymore.
It is lobbying, expensive lunches, backroom payola, stock deals, etc,
which
get contracts nowadays. So you have got to figure that Microsoft
will continue to dominate. Their representatives can make more
campaign donations, dress fancier, give fancy seminars, and probably can
afford
investigators dig up dirt on the opposition.
Also, you have to figure that with all the technical brainpower
at their disposal, eventually they will get windows NT into a
respectable OS. Of course you will need a minimum pentium MMX
running at 400 MHz, with 128 Megs of 10 ns ram, and you will still
be dependent on them.
Whereas linux users will be able to have full control over their
machines,
require less powerful machines to get the same job done, and
be far less expensive.
Linux was never invented to take on Microsoft, it just so happened
that alot of people are catching on to the cost-performance ratio
benefits of linux. That is eroding the "MONOPOLY".
The battle is in the schools. Whatever the schools can afford, the kids
will
learn, and take out in the business world.
The recent decision by Mexico to use Redhat in their schools is an
ominous sign for Microsoft.
I would expect Microsoft to start a campaign to give away their os
cheaply for school systems to use.
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