From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 28 16:37:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24607 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 16:37:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA24575 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 16:37:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony [10.0.0.6] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0zNmqe-00054z-00; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:36:56 -0600 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id RAA12982 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:38:21 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199809282338.RAA12982@harmony.village.org> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FYI Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:38:21 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >From today's Reuters/Wired Digital News Summary: Microsoft Calls Linux A Windows Rival WASHINGTON With its antitrust trial looming within three weeks, Microsoft is calling a free operating system a menace to its own Windows operating systems. The Redmond giant, in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, added it expects other rivals to provide operating system competition as well. The annual Microsoft filing to the SEC says "over the past year, the Linux operating system has gained increasing acceptance and leading software developers such as Oracle and Corel have announced that they will develop applications that run on Linux.'' Based on UNIX, Linux runs on Intel-based personal computers, but also can serve as an Internet server. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message