On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Harish Pillay<harish.pil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I totally agree with the author's view but business is business, this is >> just a pure business decision, MS is fully aware that most of the enterprise >> networks today are hybrid (Proprietary and FOSS) hence the move. We may hate >> Bill and his evil MS empire and all but we can't downplay what he's >> done/gave to charity. > > I don't think people hate Bill, it is the business practises of his company > that > people are upset about. It can be construed that his charity is to gain > brownie > points for bad deeds!
I agree. I also think that this goes not just to Microsoft but all other companies whose business practice it is to alienate free/open source software users and promote vendor lock-in. Linus' statement regarding the "exclusion and hatred" of some proponents of free software equally and more appropriately applies to these companies. -- Rage Callao Free Software :: empower :: educate :: liberate _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
