
By Jo Best
Published: Wednesday 17 November 2004
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Alan Chandler
Location
London area
Occupation
IT Marketing
Comment
Isn't this just FUD at its best.
Comparing ODSL's $10m budget with Microsofts $6bn draws the reader into assuming that these two function do the same thing.
But in reality Microsoft $6bn encompasses ALL of its software development. On the linux front, many developers are not related to ODSL and certainly aren't paid for them. So why the comparison?
Most of the other comments are in a similar vein.
Just as Microsoft has trouble tracking the real pr...
Pablo D
Microsoft knows well that all "sales" figures are ...
Lindsey Rockwell
Isn't this just FUD at its best.
Comparing ODSL...
Alan Chandler
Just a quick question for Lindsey Rockwell: any id...
Cristian Nicola
Christian, you haven't ever installed desktop linu...
Brad K
If anything, Linux is *more* backward compatible. ...
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