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Re: [News] Redmond Pretends Linux is Not a Threat

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 05 October 2006 12:28 \__
>
>> On Thursday 05 October 2006 01:44 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> Microsoft on warding off the Linux threat
>>> 
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Having helped launched both NT4 and XP into the UK, the 15-year
>>> | Microsoft veteran now concentrates on combating the threat  by
>>> | organisations migrating to Linux.
>>> `----
>>> 
>>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/windows/0,39020396,39283817,00.htm
>>> 
>>> Ignoring the competitor and disregarding its prospects is a form of FUD.
>> 
>> I think you got your "headline" wrong.  It should be:-
>> 
>> "CRISIS - WHAT CRISIS?"
>
> I couldn't help thinking about the following when I read this.
>
> "Ballmer said Linux is not gaining as much share against Windows as naysayers
> once predicted. The Linux desktop has gone nowhere and Linux server sales
> have peaked, he claimed... One open source consultant dismissed Ballmer's
> contention, and said Linux' momentum is not over."
>
> http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=188703264&cid=CRNBreakingNews
>
> Needless to say, that's utter BS from the mouth of the
> FUDMeister-in-chief.

And you have stats to the contrary?

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