One thing I would change in the article is where it says "rival operating
system should exist" to "rival operating system ever existed".
I do understand what satire means.
Under estimating your competition is your Achilles heal.
----- Original Message -----
From: John (EBo) David <
ebo@eagle.west.asu.edu>
To: <
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Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: Linux doomed
> Eric wrote:
> >
> > This is the stupidest thing that I've read in a while. Microsoft
> > > has been
> > > jabbing linux for a while now, so why would anybody take them
> > > seriously if
> > > somebody from there might have said that Linux is doomed. This
> > > seems more
> > > like tabloid news to me. I really don't think that anybody in the
Linux
> > > industry would take them seriously, especially if Linux is
> > > steadily gaining
> > > market share. This is an article intended to spook people.
> > >
> >
> > Uhhh..........................................you're joking, right?
>
> When I read it I assumed that it was a tongue in cheek joke...
>
> EBo --
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