Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 1996 23:38:56 -0400 (EDT) | From | Tyson D Sawyer <> | Subject | Re: Linux support denial in commercial products? |
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I'd _really_ like to hear this MS guy explain what he means beyond hand waving. Is there a real problem or does he have no idea what he is talking about?
We could be looking at what happened to DR-DOS. MS put out claims that their DOS _will_ do (not does) what DR-DOS does and DR-DOS will be incompatible with Win-3.11. None of this was true but it was part of the mis-information campaign to kill competition. They may be starting the same thing with Linux.
People really need to consider the ethics (or lack of) at MS when deciding to use/support their products.
Ty
> Thomas Griffing (tom@dsworks.com) wrote: > > >By the way ... Did I really hear that Microsoft is going > >to port Explorer to Linux? > > I asked a Microsoft guy about this and he said the because Linux > can't do the graphics that other Unicies and (as he pointed to the large > screen) Windows can do, they cannot port it to Linux. ???????! I always > thought that X was X, but MS must make it more complex. When I said, > "But I thought X was just plain X." He said that no, Linux just doesn't > have the capability. Whatever. I think MS is afraid of Linux. > > --- > Jeffrey Gustafson -- jeffgus@packardbell.com > Technical Specialist & SysAdmin > On-Line Services Group > Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.
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