On 08/06/2011 01:49 PM, Warp wrote:

>    I didn't mean to say that Microsoft has explicitly complained about
> Linux's market share being too large. On the contrary, they (read: Steve
> Ballmer) always remember to proudly proclaim how Windows is the most
> popular OS by a large margin (iow. argument ad populum).
>
>    It's their actions and FUD campaigns against free software in general and
> Linux in particular that give the clear impression that they are worried
> about Linux's market share, especially in large companies, web servers and
> such. They clearly see Linux (rather than, say, Mac OS X) as their worst
> competitor, especially on those markets, and they seem to be quite eager
> to do whatever is necessary to dissuade companies from switching to Linux.

The Halloween Documents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Documents

(Damnit, you have /no idea/ how long it just took me to remember WTF 
those are called!)

Clearly the official line of "we're not worried about Linux at all" is 
untrue. Or at least, it was. (The documents are quite old now.)

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