Re: Open Source Mudslingers

From: Peter Bilt (peterbilt_usa_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: 4 Aug 2004 05:39:11 -0700

"novelle.vague" <goddard.de@cahiers.du.fr.prix.mono> wrote in message news:<1614562.QEPeeHhlCp@news.west.earthlink.net>...
> I detect a new trend in Open Source: Mudslinging
>
> How to do it?
>
> Example, IBM declares its Web Sphere product 'open source'
>
> Are they being generous?
>
> No, Web Sphere is a crappy product that IBM has being shoveling on its
> customers for years.
>
> So they 'generously' open source it -- why? To dilute the effect of a BEA
> or Sun who want to sell real java app servers.
>
> But are they open sourcing their bread and butter products, such as DB2 ?
>
> Nooooo.....
>
> Example 2,
>
> Claim to be 'buying up' a Linux company such as Suse -- SUN is doing that
> right now. It gives them the headlines of being part of 'Linux' -- but
> insiders know they are merely trying to sabotage Linux to promote Solaris
> -- it's SCO part II.
>
> Why would SUN want to buy Novell when it has JDS ? No reason..other than to
> FUD out their competitor...
>
>
> Example 3.
>
> Microsoft. What are they doing right now? Nothing. Why? They don't have
> to. Look at IBM, Sun, HP and all the others racing to soil each others
> swimming holes.
>
>
> End Result: Linux is a game where it's not worth playing to win. The only
> winner will be Microsoft. The Big Byte companies of Microsoft, CA, Sun,
> HP, IBM and so on are just treading water and paying lip service to Linux.
>
> Happily, the joke is on them...

It's official, the Linux hippies are simply retarded. Too much pot?

Peter Bilt
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