On 9/5/02, Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>... The foremost corporate champion of Linux is I.B.M.

According to Carly, HP is the foremost corporate champion
of Linux.  I look forward to her clarifications during
HP World in Los Angeles.  HP can't tolerate "confusing"
messages to its loyal user base, particularly when such
"confusing" messages come from IBM :-)


>... "All we're looking for is a level playing field
>competitively," said Peter Houston, a senior strategy
>executive in Microsoft's Windows group.

Now, where did I misplace my handkerchief?  Sad tears are
beginning to roll down :-)


>By contrast, Mr. Houston said, I.B.M. is mainly trying to
>convert its weakness in the operating-system market to its
>advantage by making money supplying the software - the
>ingredients that an operating system like Linux lacks - and
>collecting services revenue for putting it all together.
>
>"I.B.M. is just trying to move the value up the chain from
>the operating system," Mr. Houston said.

Naughty IBM, trying to make money.  Mr. Houston obviously
has the high moral ground here, because he works at a
charitable organization as "a senior strategy executive
in Microsoft's Windows group."


Now, what was that kind of "weird smoking weed" that John
Burke mentioned while I was at LinuxWorld in San Francisco?

Totally confused, despite HP's valiant attempts to keep me
from getting "confusing messages",

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