* DFS fired off this tart reply:
> thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> There is absolutely zero doubt that MS has adjusted their product
>> features and pricing in reaction to growing Linux popularity. Greater
>> command line and scripted management capabilities in Windows Server
>> are almost certainly a reaction to Linux, as are numereous changes
>> to their license terms and pricing accross their product line. Heck,
>> MS makes no secret of having a Linux lab for competitive analysis...
>
> I'm in agreement, but I have to wonder why an "illegally maintained
> monopoly" (per various cola idiots) that can force Windows onto everyone's
> computers (per various cola idiots) feel the need to institute such
> competitive actions?
Because Microsoft is /finally/ feeling competitive pressure in operating
systems. From /free/ software.
I see signs of MS changing its attitude slowly to be more willing to
live with OSS as part of the environment. I hope that attitude grows
and maintains. There's no reason at all that Microsoft cannot support
total interoperability. They've got the monopoly (still). Even with
other products available, most will still continue to choose the
Microsoft name.
And, if Microsoft does adjust, maybe they can stabilize their platform
long enough to make it a general platform, instead of the
one-service-at-time-massaged-by-a-team-of-admins that it seems to be, at
least where I work.
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The increasing percentage of Vista isn't growth -- it's molting.
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