Thursday, February 15, 2001

Microsoft Says Free Software Threatens "Innovation" -- 3:04 pm CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

Some things are just too surreal to be believable. Here's the latest: Microsoft exec Jim Allchin claims that freely available and openly developed software like Linux "could stifle innovation." Full details here. Uh, yeah. Just remember that when Micro$oft uses the term "innovation," it means "the Microsoft way of doing things"/"big-business." In that case yes, free software is a threat. This is just another variant of Microsoft's "free software is worthless" argument. Good for a laugh or two.

A.T. Hun comments: This is the worst example of FUD I've ever seen from M$, and that's saying quite a lot. The only thing that open-source endangers is precisely how far M$ has its head rammed up its [Editor's note: pardon A.T. He's been under a lot of stress lately what with losing the fingertips and all.] It's enough to make me chew my own face off.

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