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Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality
Cnet ^ | September 23, 2005 | Jim Kerstetter and Elinor Mills

Posted on 09/24/2005 8:51:48 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing

In an extensive memo called "The Web is the Next Platform" that was introduced as evidence in Microsoft's antitrust trial five years ago, Microsoft engineer Ben Slivka described a "nightmare" scenario for the software giant.

"The Web...exists today as a collection of technologies that deliver some interesting solutions today, and will grow rapidly in the coming years into a full-fledged platform (underlined for emphasis in the original memo) that will rival--and even surpass--Microsoft's Windows," Slivka wrote.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: google; linux; microsoft; monopoly; windows
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Thanks. I'd recommend Sun then, that's what we use when we need *nix. They seem to have a fairly nice mix of being open while still being proprietary, plus if you want something free you can download Solaris for Intel wihtout paying a dime. It remains to be seen if they can survive even just dabbling with OSS though.


21 posted on 09/27/2005 4:58:42 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle

Yeah, I really am seriously considering Solaris.

But no matter what I do, I'm still stuck in a crowd of idiots.


22 posted on 09/27/2005 5:24:15 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Aren't we all! Try to distinguish yourself. I'd say I've clearly done that for myself, and the idiots are in constant uproar about it, LOL.


23 posted on 09/27/2005 5:52:01 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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