By Munir Kotadia
Published: Friday 30 January 2004
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Name
Peter Drinnan
Location
Ottawa
Occupation
Project Manager
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It is not so much Linux, but rather Apache that is challenging Microsoft in the server market:
http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200312/index.html
This really throws a wrench into the Microsoft server side strategy, which I am guessing is to build trust in their "open" XML schemas. Meanwhile, Microsoft is quietly patenting those schemas around the world:
http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32695.html
If Microsoft was serious about open interoperability, would they not have submitted these XML schemas to the ISO, rather than the patent office? It makes me feel no more confident than when a child molester moves in next door and says "I'm all better now ... trust me!".
It is not so much Linux, but rather Apache that is...
Peter Drinnan
I first met Linux a dozen years ago - via a comput...
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Having just installed Windows 2003 server on our s...
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Mcrosoft would do better to get an independent rep...
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From personal experience as IT Manager working for...
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People just don't move from linux to microsoft, on...
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