Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 08 March 2007 16:33 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Is the Microsoft "Live" Brand DOA?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| I've written before that the confused Microsoft "Live" brand is an
>>>| unholy mess, costing the company millions of dollars. Now it looks
>>>| as if Microsoft may kill the brand, or at least take away its life
>>>| support.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2007/03/is_the_microsoft_live_brand_do.html
>>>
>>
>> Not before time, too. The problem with Microsoft trying to out-google
>> google is that, well, they're Microsoft.
>
> And Google could become the next Microsoft. Don't get me wrong, I mean,
> Google even called me last night, but I just think that their retention
> policies, endless acquisitions, financial funny business and affairs with
> politicians are beginning to stretch the limits. Now there's a lot of
> YouTube stuff in the news... blocked in Turkey... Mark Cuban
> (attention-seeking billionaire) calling companies to request Google log data
> to expose people who upload videos illegally... be ready for some mess in
> years to come. That's why I don't trust Novell, Red Hat (AKA we're the
> Microsoft of Linux), IBM (we own e-shopping), Oracle (because the GPL is
> just a paper, who needs GPL spirit) and some other companies. I trust Linux
> and Free software (not the "open source" slant). I can trust Debian... not
> the Linux Foundation/OSDL even, because it's industry baqcked, for
> industry...
>
The Linux Foundation is a "not for profit", though, and as there are
multiple businesses supporting it, it's unlikely to do anything silly.
It's not a massive money earner, either - nobody is getting rich from
that work, but there is some steady employment for a few people, as well
as some good specification work, particularly for Carrier Grade Linux.
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