on MS partnering with Linux vendors:
Why is Microsoft doing this ?The one crucial question that must be framed is : Why is Microsoftpaying hard currency for these deals ?
Why would they do that unless there was some other agenda ? I thinkthe answer is clear.
Figures from the BSA and RIAA prove beyond all doubt that piracy andintellectual property theft is growing at an alarming rate. A recentarticle published by the US internet crime complaint centerdemonstrates how receipt of its 1 Millionth complaint shows thatinternet based fraud is both rampant and expanding beyond all reason.
In this environment of lawless anarchy, it is no surprise to find thatthe Linux is right at home, and growing - in the same way that a wurmgrows fat and gluttonous when placed in a dark and damp environmentfull of refuse and the despondent cast off’s of a wealthy society.
I am not alone in my beliefs that even in this dreadful situation, theLinux represents a growing market for the softwares. Microsoft hastried for years to offer their superior office suites and internetproducts to markets outside of the Vista, with little success.
And yet, this is a difficult exersize. Linux represents the oldschool, with its mainframe like interface, and arcane secretprogramming languages. Porting the softwares to this platforminvolves hiring the hippies who understand this obtuse environment.These people are typically unreliable, and have difficulty living wththe regular 9-5 work ethic. They believe in intellectual propertytheft, free love, substance abuse, and marxism.
Microsoft has solved these issues in one brilliant sweep by payingcash for access to these Linux secrets, by making these cross patentdeals with the linux ’Vendors’. This will allow for theinteroperability that the corporations so dearly wish for - theability to run the Microsoft Office, and the IE7, as well as theVista on top of this growing but amorphous mass known as ‘The Linux’.
In a short time we will all soon see the benefits of these crosslicencing deals, and the softwares will expand out their user basesand be seen everywhere. Even the most die hard linux afficionado withmatted hair and a red armband will salivate at the prospect of beingable to run the IE7 on his precious linux.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:59 am
[…] Anyway, what in the name of everything reasonable is wrong with this “jerryleecooper”? Well, I found out: I found his blog. For extra brain-explodies, here is a link to an article where he shows yet again that he knows nothing about the workings of the universe: On MS Partnering with Linux vendors. […]
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:26 am
Amazingly, the thought of IE7 installing its big ugly self on my linux box completely fails to stimulate salivation for me. In fact, it induces puzzlement - why would I want to install a flawed inefficient browser that only recently adopted tabbed browsing (killer feature) when I can have the more efficient Firefox that has had tabbed browsing and integrated search bars for years?
Oh sorry, I forgot. Microsoft invented the internets, so clearly IE7 interprets the internets better than Firefox. The internet is supposed to be slow and unstable. That was Mr Berners-Lee’s (a well-known Microsoft employee working at a Microsoft office in Geneva known as CERN) dream from the start.
I withdraw my comment, and will spend the rest of my days thanking Microsoft for the air I breathe. If only my limited intellect could apprehend all they’ve done for me. It makes me so humble…