Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: Linux vs Microsoft | Date | 15 Oct 1998 15:24:40 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19981013160936.C18416@thyrsus.com>, Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote: >Tim Towers <tim@lorien.demon.co.uk>: >> Dear Richard, >> >> Hmm, commercially, I would expect all the >> "open source" medievel knights to get mown >> down by the Microsoft Tank. Once you've shipped >> an OS with the PC that people buy they'll >> generally stick with it, and in an office >> environment the OS and App mix from Microsoft >> makes a lot of sense on the desktop. >> >> There's only a one in a million chance that >> either the US DoJ lawsuit, or Microsoft's >> own inertia will cause it to fail. >> >> As Terry Pratchett noticed, though, one in >> a million chances happen quite regularly. >> >> Tim Towers >> Merrill Lynch, Architecture & Strategy > >With due respect, Mr. Towers...if Microsoft could crush us, it would >already have done so. It is now several months too late for them to >succeed.
Maybe. It strikes me as a bad idea to underestimate the esteemed Mr. Gates, because Microsoft is a lot nimbler and smarter than anybody thinks it is.
>Their window began to close when the first of the enterprise database >announcements hit the streets. With Oracle's announcement of a >bundled, supported, Oracle-over-Linux combination on CD-ROM offering >the 24/7 reliability unattainable with NT, it has effectively slammed shut.
How many big relational databases were ported to OS/2, and what is your opinion of the future of OS/2?
____ david parsons \bi/ I'll start getting cocky when Linux has 30% market \/ share.
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