Microsoft are not only going to the linuxworld expo but are having a booth there??
take a look at http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2118551,00.html Just their normal spying taken too far??
You decide
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Microsoft are not only going to the linuxworld expo but are having a booth there??
take a look at http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2118551,00.html Just their normal spying taken too far??
You decide
Spies usually don't reveal their plans.
Seeing as Linux is open-source, you don't really have to be James Bond to learn its secrets :D
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Originally posted here by jethro
Seeing as Linux is open-source, you don't really have to be James Bond to learn its secrets :D
LOL, I agree
but seeing microsoft having so much interest for the opensource model is kinda scarry..
Especialy since their interest doesn't seem to be legitimate ! !Quote:
Originally posted here
However, Miller said that Microsoft would not loosen control over the underlying source code of its software, which he said introduces "perpetual unpredictability". The open-source licences that govern Linux and other Free Software require that developers are free to modify and redistribute the source code, as long as the modified versions are themselves open-source.
They shouldn't be allowed to rent a booth there, were I the co-ordinator of the expo, I wouldn't let them rent a booth. They don't belong there and they certainly don't deserve it. Its a shame space is going to be wasted by a company who isn't going to contribute anything positive to the expo.
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Originally posted here by melikesredhat
They shouldn't be allowed to rent a booth there, were I the co-ordinator of the expo, I wouldn't let them rent a booth.
A good idea, but sadly, money talks....
I for one wouldn't want to mess with a company with practically unlimited resources. But seeing as it's a Linux expo, they just shouldn't be allowed, simply because they don't have, or even cater for, any Linux distros...Quote:
Originally posted here by melikesredhat
They shouldn't be allowed to rent a booth there, were I the co-ordinator of the expo, I wouldn't let them rent a booth. They don't belong there and they certainly don't deserve it. Its a shame space is going to be wasted by a company who isn't going to contribute anything positive to the expo.
He never said they were good spiesQuote:
Spies usually don't reveal their plans.
I'm not sure what the hell Microslut hopes to accomplish. Maybe they'll put up a big banner that says "open source is evil".
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26039.html
<sarcasm>microsoft really does have a legitament reason to be there, they are comming out with a flavor of linux http://www.mslinux.org/ </sarcasm> and some stupid linux redneck is probly going to make the hole linux comunity look bad because of his/her antiwindows prejudice, I can see it comming and there's nothing that can really be done to stop it. <sigh>
That's a hilarious website. I've never seen that before. Did you read all of that? Too funny.
Microsoft Invades Cuba???
LOL
Its annoying to have them at a linux expo. An expo for open source software is going to have a booth for a company that prices their OSs up $400. After all, rh costs like what? Maybe $40 and you can get all kinds of good open source software, it is very powerful as well, and I like MS but they charge amazing prices for their operating systems, and they don't fit in an expo where the major operating systems are gonna cost very little by comparison.
from http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php...15-26-NW-CY-MS :
dont you love how he calls the people attending "their" consumers? i just think its rather humorious that they are calling the people at Linux expo MS consumers.Quote:
Dialog was something Houston emphasized throughout the interview. When asked what would be the one thing that Microsoft hopes to benefit from attending the LinuxWorld Expo, Houston replied, "It's about that first step in a broader dialog [with the Linux community] and showing our customers some of the great things in our embedded products."