Microsot vs Linux
Nov. 3rd, 2006 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaHere's a little snippet from this article.
Microsoft and Novell also agreed not to sue any customer who uses both operating systems.
The article itself is interesting, but I would like to use just this line as a topic for debate. For several months now, Microsoft HAS BEEN threatening to sue people for using linux. This is an important lesson for the stupid right-winger sorts, especially Libertarians.
This is TRUE free-market capitalism. Someone makes something better and cheaper, does it take over? No. You use your power to bury it. You threaten and intimidate people. You attack the makers, you attack the people who use it, you try to make your own version and undercut them, even if it's not as good, you can use your name and power against them.
This is how we end up with crap.
Microsoft and Novell also agreed not to sue any customer who uses both operating systems.
The article itself is interesting, but I would like to use just this line as a topic for debate. For several months now, Microsoft HAS BEEN threatening to sue people for using linux. This is an important lesson for the stupid right-winger sorts, especially Libertarians.
This is TRUE free-market capitalism. Someone makes something better and cheaper, does it take over? No. You use your power to bury it. You threaten and intimidate people. You attack the makers, you attack the people who use it, you try to make your own version and undercut them, even if it's not as good, you can use your name and power against them.
This is how we end up with crap.
