Not only was this posted on Slashdot yesterday, but it had over 1300 or so
comments posted to it. 

It's a good insight to the views some of the MS executives have on open
source, but I really don't think it has any teeth - even if MS does.

IMHO,

Lucas


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Pyne [mailto:jpyne@worldatwork.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 10:03 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Interesting MS Comments
> 
> 
> I saw a link to this article on another list and found it amusing:
> 
> http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=marketsquote99_news.ht&
> s=AOospdBaQTWl
> jcm9z
> 
> (If it hasn't already been posted to Slashdot, I'm sure it will soon.)
> 
> A couple excerpts:
> 
> "Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating-system chief, Jim 
> Allchin, says that
> freely distributed software code such as rival Linux could 
> stifle innovation
> and that legislators need to understand the threat."
> 
>   -and-
> 
> "I'm an American, I believe in the American Way," he said. "I 
> worry if the
> government encourages open source, and I don't think we've done enough
> education of policy makers to understand the threat."
> 
> Well heck afire!  I didn't realize that Linux was UNAMERICAN.  I am
> unsubscribing from this list immediately, and when I get home 
> I am going to
> blow away my Slackware 7.1 installation (evil, evil!) and 
> install Windows
> 2000.  (To do so I'll just need to stop by Fry's on the way 
> home to pick up
> and extra 256Mb of RAM-- good thing it's on sale for $44.95.) 
>  I'm just glad
> Mr. Allchin warned us all before it was too late....
> 
> :)
> 
> ~Jeff
> 
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