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Story: OSDL boss hints at Microsoft collaboration

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That would not happen during the next few years. Why ?

Because Microsoft have shoot themselft in the foot many times by telling the world over and over how bad opensource is. It would also harm there 'sometime in the future comming' Longhorn OS. It would like to say that 'We know that we have created a lousy OS so we trust in Linux now'. The effect would be a mass sell of the Microsoft stock and Red Hats share would probebly beat the sell price.

Another effect would be that Microsoft in a linux world. Would put them as a regular software developer. They would not be seen as the biggest , brightest or the smartest anymore. SUSE, Red Hat and IBM have that lead. So the only way Microsoft can compete in that kind of world 'is too play fair game'. And that have Microsoft not managed so far.

But probebly this will happen sooner or later anyway. It is full speed ahead now in Europe to change from less secure and high priced windows desktops to Linux ones all over Europe. EU have thrown the patent directive in the bin and that means harder competition for Microsoft. Competetion that they can't handle whithout cheating. So sell all your stock in the risky business company Microsoft before it is way too late.

I say only one thing more. A thing that Microsoft said during the unfair fight whith Netscape.
'You can never beat zero price'.

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