[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Interesting?? No, Irrelevant.

[Spicerun]

If you want to talk about something mind-numbing, I'd have to say that 
this would include all these articles trying to tell me what the health 
of Microsoft is.  Quite frankly,  I feel the same today as I day 4 years 
ago about MS in comparison to Linux.  MS is irrelevant.

Linux does not need MS to be successful, and its OSS community model has 
worked in such a way that MS can't buy out a company, shut it down, and 
withdraw it from the world like they've done to so many other 
companies/systems before.  And I think it is a *HUGE* mistake for Linux 
to 1) Make MS the 'Gold' standard upon which Programs and Operating 
Systems are measured, and 2) For Linux to be emulating MS in any way, 
shape, or form in the name of competition that doesn't exist.  Nowadays, 
I guess nobody has noticed that even Linux has said from the very 
beginning that Linux wasn't created to be a MS competitor.

Linux has been standing on its own merits for the past few years, and 
people are still adopting it in large numbers despite the volumes of 
people trying to make Linux conform to:  1)There can be only be 1 
program/desktop/kernel/company/etc., 2)  Linux has to emulate and adopt 
all things MS (Mono, MS Active Controls, etc.), and 3)  Linux still has 
to make money the MS way.  Well, I'm glad to say that I've seen that 
Linux has thrived over the years with a lot of choices despite not 
emulating a lot of MS protocols (Java, rather than C# is a good example 
of that), and despite that I've seen consultants make much more money 
lately on customizing or creating OSS software, rather than to rely on 
MS program fees.

So, If it is all the same to you, I'd rather read the new Linux news 
that continually comes out, rather than worrying about when the last 
time MS sneezed, thanks.  I really don't care if MS business is healthy 
(although I do root for the European Union in hopes they levy record 
fines on MS).



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> >From Harry Newton's column for 8:30 AM EST Friday, April 21, 2006:
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