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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: slave on 12 October 2003, 20:32

Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: slave on 12 October 2003, 20:32
Funny, I didn't know Microsoft knew how to "compete."

http://members.microsoft.com/partner/salesmarketing/salestools/competitivesellinglinux/default.aspx (http://members.microsoft.com/partner/salesmarketing/salestools/competitivesellinglinux/default.aspx)
Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: jasonlane on 12 October 2003, 21:54
hmmm, yup all balanced views there. What a joke, what is wrong with M$.

It's my dream to see M$ totally destroyed, perhaps then the people that really care about doing things right can actually get on with some productive work.
Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: The Anti-Microsoft on 12 October 2003, 23:32
Everyone knows Microsoft is anti-Linux and anti-Unix.  Didn't Microsoft make Xenix, a Unix-based OS, in 1980?

[ October 12, 2003: Message edited by: The Anti-Microsoft ]

Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: mushrooomprince on 12 October 2003, 23:57
quote:
It
Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: Enmity on 13 October 2003, 14:17
Every single person that believes it should be shot.
Damn, who's left in the world now?  :confused:
Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: solarismka on 13 October 2003, 21:29
agree, windows is a wast of time and money.
Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: jasonlane on 13 October 2003, 22:09
quote:
Originally posted by The Anti-Microsoft:
.........Didn't Microsoft make Xenix, a Unix-based OS, in 1980?


Yup that was about the only good thing M$ every really came up with. Also I believe that it wasn't stolen as such, like everything else they "produce". Thing was though they couldn't "own" it, hence they wouldn't be able to "own" the users of such a system. So Bill said, "Nah!, this DOS crap will make us more money".
Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: Laukev7 on 13 October 2003, 22:19
Everyone had a UNIX back then. Apple had A/UX, Commodore had AMIX (Amiga UNIX), even Atari had their own brand of UNIX. Xenix was nothing creative nor original; Microsoft had only licenced the code from AT&T, like the others.

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/xenix.htm (http://www.computerhope.com/unix/xenix.htm)
Title: Microsoft's resource page for competing with Linux
Post by: jasonlane on 14 October 2003, 05:10
That's why I said

 
quote:
it wasn't stolen as such


   :D  

Many of the developers at the fledging the M$ Vole central hated the fact the this was being dropped, it actually worked.   :confused:  

But you're right it wasn't creative or original, It's bad grammar to use these words in a sentence containing any reference to M$.    :D      ;)

[ October 13, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]