>From what I hear they are paying Ms. Cleo 1 million a year to handle their "Department of Preventing Future Competition" On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 15:29, Thomas Cameron wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Toft" > To: "PLUG Discuss" > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 2:54 AM > Subject: Microsoft/SCO versus Linux - Ultimate Conspiracy Theory > > > > Remember about 20 years ago when Microsoft owned Xenix, developed by > > SCO? Then they transferred their interest back to SCO. Imagine if a > > Microsoft mole with advanced knowledge of the SCO kernel (and maybe the > > source code as well) were to contribute some of that code to the Linux > > kernel. A couple years later, SCO "finds" their code in the Linux > > kernel and files suit against the biggest player around. This would > > have a devastating effect on Linux in the corporate marketplace, which > > is precisely what Microsoft wants, and it paves the way for their > > "purebred, certified" code to fill the vacuum as thousands of companies > > dump Linux. > > You are giving M$ a lot of credit for seeing the future. This is that same > company that totally under-rated the importance of the Internet. Granted, > they play a mean game of catch-up and destroy, but they just don't do a very > good job at calling the future. > > -- > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT > Cameron Technical Services, Inc. > (512) 454-3200 Main > http://www.camerontech.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Entelin