____/ Mark Kent on Monday 31 December 2007 00:44 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 December 2007 23:09 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 19 December 2007 14:34 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 19 December 2007 11:22 : \____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unfortunately, for this strategy to work, the sensitivities are very
>>>>>>> tight, the new business has to grow at >= to the rate of decline of the
>>>>>>> proprietary business
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's why Microsoft is so scared of Linux and has considered it the #1
>>>>>> threat for so many years (going as far as bribing several people to sue
>>>>>> against it... and not just SCO).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Back to The Innovator's Dilemma - had Microsoft adopted open-source long
>>>>> ago, they'd probably be in fine fettle now...
>>>>
>>>> It pays off to just abuse ISO, pay settlement money for anticompetitive
>>>> conduct, bribe SCO and others to sue Linux, make unsubstantiated claims
>>>> and threats, spread disinformation, employ astroturfers, buy media
>>>> companies, and so forth.
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft found out that crime pays more than business.
>>>>
>>>
>>> There is a kind of crime tipping point where, once you go beyond it,
>>> you are no longer a criminal, rather, you become a highly successful
>>> businessman.
>>
>> ...*And* you are able to buy a positive PR mask to hide your crimes. I've
>> always used the analogy of car theft or hit-and-run incidents. Microsoft is
>> already a convicted criminal. It's a felon with documents. What does it have
>> to earn by actually behaving at this stage?
>>
>
> As you say, nothing at all. MS even know that the US Gov will assist
> them in taking on other governmnets around the world.
I don't know if you were around to see Microsoft shoving a back-door patch into
Windows Vista. It's essentially a transmission protocols with VIP access,
probably for the NSA. I can think of several military operations around the
world that are moving to GNU/Linux because of this trend. They must.
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