On Friday 19 December 2003 08:58 am, Samuel MacDonald wrote: > _/*UM NO!*/_ The fact remains though that I'm going to be working on these systems for the foreseeable future. We are a company built around Linux and Open Source but *every* one of our customers has Microsoft products installed. Microsoft will continue to sling FUD whether I respond or not. However, I think there is a good chance they'll listen for one simple reason. They're geting *scared*. They know they're losing market share. If they make improvements Linux is not going to disappear, it can only benefit us by way of more open standards (but don't expect more open source). In the long run I hope my job gets either on both Linux *and* Windows. As for IBM, I know you've had a bad experience Sam. The fact remains though that IBM built this business and they continue to be a force to this day. We wouldn't be nearly as far along with Linux and many other projects if it wasn't for both IBM and Microsoft. -- Ben Maas - Technology Architect Open Technology Systems, LLC ----------------------------------------------------------- eMail: bmaas at open-techsys.com Web: http://www.open-techsys.com Phone: 952.448.3121 Fax: 952.448.4944 Cell: 612.743.3674 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list