[CS-FSLUG] NI: Terpstra responds, part one: Is Linux PC adoption sabotage FUD or fact?

[Fred A. Miller]

"Could you describe the actions that make up what you call larceny?

Terpstra: Microsoft has used its market dominance to coerce OEMs (original 
equipment manufacturers) and resellers not to sell competing products and 
services. 

Microsoft is afraid of competition, and the behavior of their senior 
executives demonstrates that fear. It is public evidence that despite their 
amassed fortunes they still have limited ability to successfully innovate a 
constant stream of effective business solutions. Microsoft's track record 
demonstrates that they are somewhat out of touch with their own customers; 
that might explain the slow and poor adoption rate of new products by their 
customers over the past decade."

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