Gordon <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Ian Semmel wrote:
>> Linux needs to recognise Microsoft's leadership in some areas to better
>> itself, Jim Zemlin, executive director for the Linux Foundation told
>> delegates at the Linuxworld tradeshow in San Fransisco.
>>
>> http://www.vnu.co.uk/vnunet/news/2196258/linux-foundation-calls-respect
>>
>> You listening, Schestowitz ?
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> Respect has to be EARNED. Some of MS's practices do NOT fall under
> that heading.....
Who to believe? An accountant called Gordon or Jim Zemlin?
Hmmm .....
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| Open source vendors have to recognise that Windows is here to stay and
| that together with Microsoft it will form a duopoly in the market for
| operating systems. This also requires that the Linux community respects
| Microsoft rather than ridicule it.
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And then he recognises how the Linux kooks ruin it all:
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| "This is a matter of leadership - for us to recognise that the world
| some times does see open source or open source licences as risky," said
| Zemlin. He also pointed out that many firms shy away from participating
| on open source mailing lists because discussions there tend to explode
| into flame wars.
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Listening COLA?
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