From: Jeff Shultz 

Joe Barr wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:41:57 -0400, William F. Zachmann wrote:
>
>> Perhaps it will turn out differently this time, but I do not yet see any
>> very compelling reasons (unless one just happens to hate BillG & Co.) to
>> expect that it will.
>>
>
> The differences between the OS/2 challenge and Linux are many.  For one
> thing, Linux is safe from the monopolistic/monetary attacks that Redmond
> used against IBM and DrDOS and Netscape and Lotus and Borland and all the
> rest.
>

Unlike OS/2, Linux doesn't really have a single point of failure. That is
perhaps the greatest difference - and Linux's greatest strength.

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Jeff Shultz

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