****Re: Novel and Microsoft

[Jerry Davis]

On Thursday 23 November 2006 22:43, Craig White wrote:
> As long as we're nitpicking on this list tonight - and I'm not doing
> this to be mean spirited...I often have trouble with sarcasm when it's
> not entirely clear.
>
> It's clear that Microsoft not only didn't create the concept of the
> 'Enterprise' as it applies to computer networking and in fact, were
> latecomers to the dance but they are at the dance now and their
> marketing efforts and overall language have been consistent enough to
> give the impression that they created the concept in the first place -
> but that is one of the benefits of being a successful purveyor of
> operating systems.

this reminds me of several things.
1) the book "The Anthem" by Ayn Rand
2) Herr Goebbels, head of the propaganda machine in the Third Reich
3) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

and on and on...

>
> I think that most people on this list understand this but the sarcasm
> expressed below tends to cloud your point - at least in my eyes.
>
> Craig
>
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 13:52 -0700, Dan Lund wrote:
> > But but but... It means that Linux is finally a viable enterprise
> > solution now that Microsoft has given Novell it's blessing!
> > (sorry, had to make a "enterprise solution" joke, considering
> > everytime Microsoft is mentioned at work the words "enterprise
> > solution" or "legacy replacement" comes up too)
> >
> > --Dan
> >
> > On 11/23/06, Darrin Chandler <dwchandler at stilyagin.com> wrote:
> > > What's good for FOSS is when a company opens up docs, or when a company
> > > makes patent licenses freely avaiable to anyone. Agreements,
> > > partnerships, and contracts between select entities do NOT help FOSS.
> > > Developers writing drivers under NDA does NOT help FOSS. No amount of
> > > spin changes that.
>
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