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Ballmer: No sleep lost over Linux

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garzy

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http://news.com.com/2008-1082-998297.html?tag=fd_ots
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also, see this thread
 
I like this interview...

ut why do you think people are adopting Linux? Is it because they can look at the code? Is it because they don't have to go through an 80-page licensing agreement?
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80 page licensing agreement, hehe.

On the desktop, in developing countries, computer dealers will tell you that they sell Linux-based PCs, but in a lot of these places, Windows only costs $1 in the street.
A Linux PC in most countries is a PC in which somebody is being encouraged to pirate Windows. We conducted some surveys about this in one large Asian country, where we found that, of all PCs that didn't have Windows installed on them when they were sold, 99 percent wound up with Windows on them within 30 days.
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I'd sure like to see that study...

okay I finished the article, what can I say he is trying to sell you into Xbox and windows server 2003.
 
. I would argue that our customers have seen a lot more innovation from us than they have seen from that community.
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Indeed you have figured out how to rape boxen and extort people around the globe in more innovative ways.

Fat Stinky Sweaty Lying Pig Man.
 
Favorite Quote from that: "Linux is a clone of a 20 year old operating system thats what it is."

This works on So many Levels.
1. Windows is a clone of the 20 year old Mac OS.
2. OS X is based on the same 20 year old OS.
 
Originally posted by Macpoops
Favorite Quote from that: "Linux is a clone of a 20 year old operating system thats what it is."
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That's like being down on my VW TDI because diesel engines were invented over 100 year ago...

"it's a clone of a century-old engine."
 
Average selling prices are pretty far down.
No, no, no. Not in the home. It hasn't come down in the last several years at all. Remember when sub-$1,000 PCs were all the rage. The percentage of sub-$1,000 or $500 PCs is not significantly different today than it was several years ago. There is more capability every year for the price, but the same could be said for Microsoft Office 2003.
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This guy is so totally full of **** it's almost unbelievable (except he is a CEO).

This is just one example, and it's not even Linux-related.

If you havn't read the article yourself, let me give you a synopsis:

What are the advantages of Windows Server over Linux?
Well, Linux doesn't have a megolithic corporation behind it.

Then, why do so many servers use Linux?
Because we havn't marketed Windows Server enough.

Lots of servers use Linux instead of Windows Server. Why?
Because they specialize in Linux. Some people have been using Windows Server.

So, if you could give us a rundown of the advantages of Windows Server over Linux, what would it be?
Linux doesn't have Microsoft behind it. We believe this is to our advantage. Some people think not having a megolithic corporation behind Linux is an advantage. We don't think so.

Why?
Because Windows Server has Microsoft behind it.

And why is that an advantage?
Well, obviously, Linux does not have a corporation behind it. Who will you go to with all your Linux woes? Not a giant corporation like Microsoft, that's for sure. You can't even ask IBM, because apparently, IBM didn't write Linux.

OK...
Did I mention that Windows Server has Microsoft behind it? Did you know...if the guy who writes the kernel for Linux decides to start doing acid and hookers, no one knows who will develop it afterwards? Scary, isn't it?


It pretty much goes on like this for virtually forever. Never once does he address any actual advantages of Windows Server over Linux except that Linux is community based, and Microsoft disagrees with the entire Linux community by saying that NOT having Microsoft or a similar corporation behind Linux is a bad thing.

"Well, they're wrong, and we're right, and that's why we're better."

I challenge anyone to find any concrete comparison between Linux and Windows Server that shows an advantage in the software as opposed to the corporate image in this interview.

How lame. I don't even use Unix/Linux (unless you count OS X, which one wouldn't) and I am offended by this interview. Balmer sucks.
 
You sort of have to feel sorry for him; he's defending the indefensible.

It's kinda like the Iraqi Information Minister; he's full of crap, sure, but you can't blame him because there's no positive argument he could make, so he just makes s*** up.

Hell, if a company paid me 10% of what he makes a year to push heroin to schoolkids, I'd be singing the praises of smack and coming up with cartoon heroin heroes and heroines (pun intended).
 
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