__/ [ Linonut ] on Tuesday 05 June 2007 00:42 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> It's Crossover Office they are worried about. Xandors is quite irrelevant
>> anyway and GPLv3 will eliminate all the concerns people may have. This
>> confirms Microsoft's fear of Wine (and its relatives), which make Windows
>> obsolete.
>
> Except wine doesn't really do that. It is merely a convenience for
> running /some/ Windows-based apps.
>
> I think MS is more worried about Linux the OS, and ODF the format. Of
> course, there are hundreds of innovations of OSS that Microsoft would
> wish to lay claim to.
See Matt Asay's take on this. I can't recall the words, but off the top of my
head it's something about the last miserable acts of a dying business
(Windows+Office). It's quite hilarious to watch.
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