[clug-talk] M$ revenue falls, open source "blamed"

[Juan Alberto Cirez]

Let me be the devil's advocate and say that while I welcome Microsoft 
acknowledgment that OSS is worthy of concern for their bottom line; I 
will also recognize Microsoft role in making what OSS (and GNU/Linux 
specifically) is today. Had it not been for Microsoft (and IBM) we may 
not have had the PCs and Open Source Software.
Hendrik Schaink wrote:
> The market has spoken: *OSS is a formidable force.*
>
> "Poor" M$ appears unwilling to look in the mirror -- so it's "blame"
> gets spread everywhere outside, including OSS. When it's empires starts
> to crumble, look for rot on the inside.
>
> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/26746/1231/
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