[CS-FSLUG] M$ and interoperability

[Ed Hurst]

On Sun, 08 May 2011 22:05:13 -0500, George Rodier <gwgr at shaw.ca> wrote:

> "Open Source is all about the applications," said he.

I suppose we all have our answer to this, but I say he's wrong. Open  
Source is about having control, a control M$ and associates vehemently  
deny anyone should even want, much less have. When I convince someone to  
migrate to Linux -- as I did with one client today -- it is always about  
control. I am giving them back their computer; it's more work for them in  
some ways, but no one can take it from them again.

> Then too, he also made it quite clear that, for M$, interoperability is
> a one-way street as they have no plan or desire to make it possible for
> any Windows application to run on any Linux server.

Nicely stated. Not news to me, but it's always valuable to see it freshly  
restated from time to time.

-- 
Ed Hurst
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