[NTLUG:Discuss] Intesting statements in latest anti-trust MS stuff

Chris Cox cjcox at acm.org
Mon Jan 19 16:53:30 CST 2004


Greg Edwards wrote:
> Chris Cox wrote:
> 
>> The DoJ release this with regards to MS compliance:
>> http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f202100/202129.htm#N_7_
>>
>> Of course, most people are interested in the SCO
>> reference... but I just want to direct people to
>> the other company mentioned, EMC... in light of
>> EMC's recent purchase of VMware.
>>

...snip...
> 
> Time will tell, but this could turn out to be a bad event for Linux. I'd 
> rather not have to go back to having a M$ machine for the sake of 
> running 2 apps and testing IE against websites.

Not to mention the ability to run massive multi-computer simulations
across different OS's all using a single platform (something I
like to do).  Nothing like demonstrating a full network to a client
all from one machine (without network connectivity).






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