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Xeen

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Billy Gates puts up with Linux, Netscape
« on: 18 September 2003, 18:52 »
Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., sat through a computer demonstration running on Linux

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« Reply #1 on: 18 September 2003, 23:54 »
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Originally posted by xeen:
and the Netscape browser, a rival product that all but disappeared because of giveaways of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.


While netscape was charging about $50 for thiers.

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« Reply #2 on: 19 September 2003, 00:21 »
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Originally posted by Fett101:


While netscape was charging about $50 for thiers.



So what's your point?
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« Reply #3 on: 19 September 2003, 00:21 »
Screw you Gates
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« Reply #4 on: 19 September 2003, 06:08 »
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"We're being as inclusive as we can," Gates said of Microsoft's role in the cross-platform project. "This is a fabric for someone to do e-commerce that's independent of the operating systems that are out there."


Translation: Embrase, Extend, Exterminate.

 
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Gates and IBM executive vice president Steve Mills said their companies' three-year collaboration had developed tools that will let computers conduct secure transactions whether they run Microsoft's Windows platform or others, such as IBM's WebSphere or the open-source Linux system that is given away.



My advise to Steve Mills: count your fingers after shaking hands with that guy.
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« Reply #5 on: 19 September 2003, 21:50 »
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So what's your point?



Exactley.