From: /m 

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:53:37 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
>news:op.tdcbf1ii2hvhrx{at}jansons...
>
>
>> MSFT is in their right, of course, to protect their interests. But the
>> question is whether their chosen way will prove to be the right one and
>> not an enourmous boost for the use of Linux/BSD. If you borrow $1000 from
>> the bank and you can't repay, you have a problem. If you borrow 100
>> million from the bank and you can't repay, the bank has a problem.
>
>This is the point I've tried to make to MS folks over and over again with no
>success. Given the choice would you rather see 100 million new linux users
>or would you rather those 100 million users pirated windows? The answer I
>always get is that they want those 100 million users to pay for windows but
>they don't seem to understand that isn't the choice.

True, very true.

 /m

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