nemesis wrote:
> I think they are more worried about enterprise Linux server installs, 
> which go beyond that puny 1% mark.

That, and maybe stuff like OpenOffice?  MS wouldn't want an open source 
competitor to Exchange that runs on Linux either.  If you can FUD about 
Linux being useless for the desktop, and you can FUD that you can't get 
Linux and Windows to cooperate even with OSS software, you can keep 
something like ExchangeSubstitute from getting good.

> It means suddenly Visual Studio developers may be targetting MySQL or 
> PostgreSQL databases rather than SQL Server, for instance.  Heck, they 
> may end up even using open-source libs rather than what's in the Windows 
> API if control is too loose over them... :P

If you're doing Windows stuff that ports to Linux, you're better off 
building Linux libs that mimic the Windows stuff anyway, methinks.

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Warp wrote:
>   Big deal? I really think MS is just being paranoid and making a lot
> of noise over nothing.

Maybe by making a lot of noise over Linux, they think they can distract 
attention from Apple and Sun? :-)

>   IMO they should invest their resources on making better products

The people creating the FUD about Linux aren't the people writing the MS 
software. :-)

> You don't get a positive image of yourself by bashing your opponents. 
 > You do it by doing
> a good job and offering high-quality products, and letting your products
> speak for you.

I think MS makes good products and many people bash MS, to the point where 
there are people around that are just as much anti-MS-fanboys as there are 
Apple-fanboys. It's hard to say whether simply having the best product is 
sufficient.

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   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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Invisible wrote:
> That isn't the way M$ does business. Typically they achieve market share 
> by eliminating competition rather than producing quality products.

See?

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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Adobe?  Ever heard of Autodesk? ;)

Or Corel.

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Tim Cook wrote:
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
> news:497f4048@news.povray.org...
>> Adobe?  Ever heard of Autodesk? ;)
> 
> Or Corel.

Corel is still around and assimilating.  I'm not sure what the point is?

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Darren New escreveu:
> Tim Cook wrote:
>> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
>> news:497f4048@news.povray.org...
>>> Adobe?  Ever heard of Autodesk? ;)
>>
>> Or Corel.
> 
> Corel is still around and assimilating.  I'm not sure what the point is?

Corel is the only real and far away competition to Adobe imaging 
offerings as far as I know.  An underdog.

Autodesk is the Adobe of 3D software:  AutoCAD, 3DSMax, Maya and now 
they also assimilated XSI, much to the dismay of its users as the crying 
in many forums worldwide suggests...

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >   IMO they should invest their resources on making better products

> The people creating the FUD about Linux aren't the people writing the MS 
> software. :-)

  But they are getting money which would be better spent in improving
the products.

> > You don't get a positive image of yourself by bashing your opponents. 
>  > You do it by doing
> > a good job and offering high-quality products, and letting your products
> > speak for you.

> I think MS makes good products and many people bash MS, to the point where 
> there are people around that are just as much anti-MS-fanboys as there are 
> Apple-fanboys. It's hard to say whether simply having the best product is 
> sufficient.

  Why do you think MS is so hated and eg. Apple isn't? Because Apple doesn't
use so many glaringly dubious attack tactics and get the hatred of every
living being on Earth.

  If Microsoft (and especially Steve Ballmer) stopped trolling around and
concentrated only on what they are good at, they could get a better
reputation. But no. I think that at least with Steve Ballmer it's some
kind of odd twisted imago reputation which he *wants* to maintain, for
some incomprehensible reason.

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:13:35 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> MS wouldn't want an open source
> competitor to Exchange that runs on Linux either

Such a program does in fact exist, though.

There's OpenXchange, and another I've heard of called Zimbra, I think.

Jim

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:26:24 -0500, Warp wrote:

>   If Microsoft (and especially Steve Ballmer) stopped trolling around
>   and
> concentrated only on what they are good at, they could get a better
> reputation. But no. I think that at least with Steve Ballmer it's some
> kind of odd twisted imago reputation which he *wants* to maintain, for
> some incomprehensible reason.

For Ballmer (and Gates before him), it's all about control.  They don't 
like what they can't control, so they have to either try to control it or 
destroy it.

Jim

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:51:23 -0200, nemesis wrote:

> Autodesk is the Adobe of 3D software:  AutoCAD, 3DSMax, Maya and now
> they also assimilated XSI, much to the dismay of its users as the crying
> in many forums worldwide suggests...

Autodesk is *owned* by Adobe....

Jim

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