They have a good partnership going. Along with the missing amigo (Jobs), they will rule the client/server OS world. Isn't that what they call coopetition?
Don't work to grow Linux, rather work to put the rest of commercial Linux (and other FOSS-related Monopolysoft obstacles) out of business so as to have King Ballmer give you control over that little tiny duchy.
Freeze market share and the competition (but pretend there is still a little competition).
Preserve Central Planning http://www.answers.com/topic/planned-economy .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividing_territories or more generally
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices
General Hovsepian will manage the tactical flanking against Red Hat and other Linux opposition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanking_maneuver . Major ruling goal will be to find techniques to extract money from freeloaders running "free" software.
And for goodness sake, spread mono to make your job easier.
Remember that even 15 years ago (more or less, maybe 16 years ago) Canonical appointed a a 'former' Microsoft manager (Spencer) to lead Ubuntu on the desktop
Maybe the media - at least some of it - actually deserves doom. If it covers up for the powerful to muzzle and gaslight the oppressed, then what sort of media is that anyway?
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Jose_X
2009-02-07 03:03:03
Don't work to grow Linux, rather work to put the rest of commercial Linux (and other FOSS-related Monopolysoft obstacles) out of business so as to have King Ballmer give you control over that little tiny duchy.
Freeze market share and the competition (but pretend there is still a little competition).
Preserve Central Planning http://www.answers.com/topic/planned-economy .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividing_territories or more generally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices
General Hovsepian will manage the tactical flanking against Red Hat and other Linux opposition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanking_maneuver . Major ruling goal will be to find techniques to extract money from freeloaders running "free" software.
And for goodness sake, spread mono to make your job easier.
Roy Schestowitz
2009-02-07 03:07:38