Re: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen t

Don't forget "breaking up common industry design standards" like incompatible data requirements for Kerberos implementations and the use of the latest COM+ for all IPC -- you know -- the ones that require you to buy and run Microsoft products ;-).

David Messer wrote:

> Sounds like MS is afraid Open Source Software (OSS) will undermine MS. Hard
> to imagine a big company like MS being upset that it's competitors are
> selling ``flimsy,'' ''flawed,'' products that might 'jeopardizing property
> rights'.
>
> David
>
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> Patrice J
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> movemen t
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> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010503/tc/microsoft_linux_dc_2.html
> <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010503/tc/microsoft_linux_dc_2.html>
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> : )
>
> Patrice Boivin
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