Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 10:15:39 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> Cc: "Kenton A. Hoover" <shibumi@cisco.com>, Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the Halloween Document Message-ID: <363F3A3B.2C4F2B9B@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811022129250.5371-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
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Phillip Salzman wrote:
>
> Yes, it is clear MS does not do their homework... I guess that is
> why Linux is able to gain market share. You also have to remember,
> Microsoft started late into the Internet boom, and is not clear
> on how to win the race anymore.
>
> Before it was all money, how they are dealing with several operating
> systems that are free. I think by the end of the century MS will have
> a free OS, like Linux and FreeBSD.
As several prominent Linuxers have pointed out, Microsoft can't really
"hijack" Linux. They certainly can, however, produce "MS-BSD", and can
do it quite quickly. (How long does it take to add a Microsoft copyright
to every source and binary file in the FreeBSD distribution? See what I
mean?)
While I'm not that hyped on the idea of Microsoft attempting to dominate
the market through yet another soon-to-be-proprietary standard, it sure
would be straightforward to implement an "MS-BSD" binary emulator in
FreeBSD, wouldn't it? This might even give us "Office" for FreeBSD.
What a pleasant thought. ;^)
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