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Re: [OT] Is Microsoft running scared?
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Mark Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:48:06 -0800
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"Coming soon... MS-Linux."  Of this there is little doubt.  Unfortunately it
will only run on XP boxes.


-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne R. Boyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] [OT] Is Microsoft running scared?

In a message dated 12/3/02 8:21:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> Microsoft has unveiled a licensing discount policy to
> discourage its business customers from switching to Linux or
> other open source alternatives. ......

Coming soon... MS-Linux.  I doubt that Microsoft is running scared.  They
are
making smart moves to head off competition though.  Coming out with their
own
distribution of Linux will also make sense and my prediction is that they
will do so with the next couple of years.

wayne

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