Interesting MS Comments

I Think Linux will continue to grow over the next few years and M$
will slip over the next few years.

It will take years to cause any type of government movement against
open source.

Keith



----- Original Message -----
From: Jim <farli@qwest.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting MS Comments


> The really silly part is that if they do restrict Open Source in the
US it
> will only cause a slight slowdown in Linux/Open Source development.
They
> have no clue about how the movement is supported worldwide.
>
> On Friday 16 February 2001 12:34, you wrote:
> > Here's the scary part, every one of US sees that this is just a
bunch of
> > malarkey, but Joe Consumer doesn't. Regular people are easily
influenced
> > by what they read and see, and most people out there would see
something
> > like this and think "Those Open Source people really ARE
undermining
> > those nice people who built my Windows...." All it would take, is
one
> > powerful, idiot congressperson, to put a bug like this into the
system,
> > and it just COULD be illegal to write free software, let's face
it,
> > we're not being shown in a good light after that MPAA fiasco, and
it
> > isn't even over yet.
> >
> > Somebody on /. posted a good comment about an open letter to every
> > single representative, written by every one of us (read: the open
source
> > community), included with say, a full copy of the Debian Distro
(all 10+
> > CD's) and a copy of every other distro, even the teeny tiny ones,
just
> > so that people in power would get a clearer picture of what
innovation
> > people like us have created for the world they live in. I'm all
for it,
> > let's get 'em!
> >
> > -Todd
> >
>
> --
> Jim
>
> Bliss comes from within, ignorance from without
>
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