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Re: Microsoft's "Jihad" Against Its Rivals

On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:49:49 -0400, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:38:39 -0000, Rick wrote:
> 
>>> Microsoft included TCP/IP in the first version of Windows NT, in 1993.
>>> Novell, Microsoft's leading networking competitor didn't include
>>> TCP/IP until significantly later.  What's more, Microsoft released a
>>> TCP/IP stack for Windows 3.x in 1992 based on the same stack.  This
>>> was several years before "the internet took off".
>> 
>> ... and where di Microsoft get "its" TCP stack from?
> 
> They licensed it from Spider Software.

They licensed the ... BSD code from Spider. Why did they do that? 
Couldn't implement the BSD code themselves? Or license directly from UC?
> 
>>> In many ways, the ODF fight is an extension of the Java fight.  Back
>>> then, Sun was just itching for a fight with Microsoft, and they were
>>> talking for months about how they were going to dig through
>>> Microsoft's Java implementation with a fine tooth comb.  In the end,
>>> they had to deny Microsoft access to the validation suite in order to
>>> make sure Microsoft couldn't pass it.
>>> 
>>> These are the same dirty tricks they pulled in OASIS by pretending to
>>> extend a welcoming invitation to Microsoft to work on ODF, while at
>>> the same time making it clear that they would have no say in how ODF
>>> turned out.
>> 
>> So, you have a problem with people using Microsoft's tactics against
>> Microsoft?
> 
> Pray tell, when did microsoft use this tactic?

Microsoft is full of dirty tricks and delaying.


-- 
Rick

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