From: "Joe Barr" 

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 21:25:07 +0100, adam flinton wrote:

> Joe Barr wrote:
>> The first annual "No, duh" award goes to this story:
>>
>> http://www.nypost.com/business/58363.htm
>>
>> une 6, 2003    --  That Penguin is growing some teeth.
>>
>> Steve Ballmer's e-mail detailing Linux as a threat shook The Street
>> yesterday - and possibly some confidence in Microsoft's reign.
>>
>> "Linux is a major, growing threat to Windows," said Art Russell, a
>> research analyst at Edward Jones. "It's hard to compete with free in a
>> tough economy when people are trying to do more with less."
>>
>>
>>
> Interesting view:
>
> "Berenstein created Xandros after Microsoft purchased Corel - and dumped
> its Linux business.
> That move now looks a little shortsighted for the software giant."
>
> Adam

Microsoft has a lot of gold in its arsenal.  More will die.



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