[Techtalk] Fwd: [GLUG] Re: Microsoft new strategy

[Jacqueline McNally]

At 07:43 PM 04/16/2002, Hardus Havenga wrote:
>What do You think we should do ?
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I went and had a look at the original article:

> > http://news.com.com/2010-1075-882846.html

The second last paragraph appeals to me:

"What should you do if you aren't happy about Microsoft escaping an 
antitrust penalty? Don't be passive about it. Since Microsoft hates the GPL 
so much, give them more of it to contend with: Deploy systems like 
GNU/Linux as Web servers and other infrastructure, and consider Mozilla, 
OpenOffice and Evolution for the desktop. Look around for software projects 
that you can place under the GPL: internal tools, research work, products 
that you built and then didn't sell--and get your employer to release them."

And the last paragraph states:

"But most importantly, let the U.S. Department of Justice and the nine U.S. 
states that want to settle with Microsoft know that you won't tolerate a 
sham. The remedies in the antitrust case must not exclude Microsoft's only 
real competitor."

All the best
Jacqueline
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