Hi, Eitan!
On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 03:59:22PM +0200, you wrote the following:
> > ... a brochure with Microsoft's own words about linux in the famous
> > trial - they said some very kind words about us :-) Ira has
> > the relevant URL which he'll send to the list later.
>
> I think there is some damaging matirial in the famous halloween
> document aswell: " linux is a best of bread Unix system.." some other good
> stuff can be found there too.. If anyone else remebers anyother amusing
> quotes from key microsoft personel please forward those URL's.. :-)
I've collected the five best Halloween quotes to my fortunes file, and
I'm attaching them. It all can be found at
http://www.opensource.org/halloween/ .
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The ability of the Open Source process to collect and harness the
collective IQ of thousands of individuals across the Internet is
simply amazing. More importantly, Open Source evangelization scales
with the size of the Internet much faster than our own evangelization
efforts appear to scale.
-- Internal Microsoft memo
Recent case studies (the Internet) provide very dramatic evidence ...
that commercial quality can be achieved / exceeded by Open Source projects.
-- Internal Microsoft memo
%
Linux and other Open Source advocates are making a progressively more
credible argument that Open Source software is at least as robust --
if not more -- than commercial alternatives. The Internet provides an
ideal, high-visibility showcase for the Open Source world.
-- Internal Microsoft memo
%
The ability of the Open Source process to collect and harness the
collective IQ of thousands of individuals across the Internet is
simply amazing. More importantly, Open Source evangelization scales
with the size of the Internet much faster than our own evangelization
efforts appear to scale.
-- Internal Microsoft memo
%
Linux represents a best-of-breed UNIX, that is trusted in mission critical
applications, and - due to it's open source code - has a long term
credibility which exceeds many other competitive OS's.
-- Internal Microsoft memo
%
I previously had IE4/NT4 on the same box and by comparison the combination
of Linux / Navigator ran at least 30-40% faster when rendering simple
HTML + graphics.
-- Internal Microsoft memo
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