From: "Joe Barr" 



A press release announcing the "Bork edition" underscores the
seriousness of the situation behind the smile. Mary Lambert, manager of
desktop software at Opera, is quoted as saying, "The real point here
is that the success of the Web depends on software and Web site developers
behaving well and rising above corporate rivalry."

I agree with that, but I think it is also very clear that the odds against
Microsoft "behaving well and rising above corporate rivalry" are
more than a trillion to one. Microsoft is exactly what is indicated by its
behavior. Petty is as petty does. Duplicity and complete disregard for any
common good are the hallmark traits of Bill Gates' firm. That was true in
the early '90s, when Gates directed Microsoft's best and brightest to plant
phony warning messages in Windows if it was detected to be running on
DrDOS. It is still true today.

http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0224.barr.html


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