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Story: Microsoft rejects IBM strategy and open source 'dorks'
Posted by: David Wright (Tuesday 15 November 2005, 2:02 PM)
Sounds like the guy has a screw loose, he definitely doesn't seem to have a clue about what the competition is doing, and it doesn't sound like he has looked at any open source offerings in the last 10 years.
I've been using various open source offerings for different tasks over the last 5 years and even though I am a consultant and developer, I am not interested in anaylsing source code, I use open source because it is easy to install, use and is cost efficient. Of the products I use, I have never looked at a single line of source code or needed to compile anything. The option is there if I need it, but if I just want to install the product and use it, I can.
If I had to fiddle with code I wouldn't bother, I need it to just work so that I can do my job. Some products are quicker and easier to install than the MS equivalents and need less configuration after installation.
It is time that MS stopped poo-pooing their opposition with 10 year old rhetoric. MS's comeptition has moved on in the last 10 years, in some cases their products and offerings are better than those from Microsoft. MS should work out how they are going to catch up before it is too late.
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Story: Microsoft rejects IBM strategy and open source 'dorks'
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More FUD from M$. The only future they see is wind... Oldator -
Sounds like the guy has a screw loose, he definite... David Wright -
Oh PLEASE spare us another Microshaft user eXPeren... S.W. Bobcat
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Reminds me of the gibberish talked in a noisy pub... Sid Boyce
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Just anouther propaganda techniqe.
Just because y... Happy Camper
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Open source can be an advantage even to end users.... Rich Steiner
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What Windows Live and Office Live mean is simply t... Mitch 74
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Yes! there can be no comparison with the live vers... poppe
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Sales talk to convince people who have too much mo... Arthur B.
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Please - Google News beta works better than window... GCB
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m$ is a financial co presently trying to survive (... Anonymous
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Great words! :) I have no time for dorking with so... Michael Bezrukov
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Who wants to be in the pants of a jige of t first... Pierre Bourdon
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Bullshit! Open Source software is very usefull Andrejs
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