[CS-FSLUG] Could recent Microsoft clamp-downs, missteps accelerate Linux adoption?
Fred A. Miller
fmiller at lightlink.com
Thu Mar 3 09:46:25 CST 2005
"Is it me, or has there been a recent wave of headlines from Redmond that add
up to a Microsoft clamp-down of the sort that could easily drive people away
from destkop Windows? The most recent of these--and drawing a heated reaction
from some ZDNet readers--is a report that Microsoft will start requiring XP
Service Pack 2 for Automatic Update users. Also last week, Microsoft
announced that it would no longer support product activation over the
Internet for PCs that have Windows pre-installed. Is Microsoft driving you
away?"
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=1088&tag=nl.e539
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