[ox-en] MS efforts to disparage os backfired
- From: "geert lovink" <geert xs4all.nl>
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 10:23:21 +1100
Microsoft must have been a little red-faced this week when an
internal memo revealed that its efforts to disparage open-source
software, such as Linux, have backfired. Top Microsoft
executives, including co-founder Bill Gates and Chief Executive
Steve Ballmer, have long derided open-source software,
describing it as a "cancer" and "Pac-Man-like."
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=9e-tWXoQtMNKKiFE73satGMpgPcpdRR
But those messages have failed to diminish the popularity of
open-source programs among developers and customers, according
to a Microsoft memo distributed at a strategy meeting in Berlin
in September and posted on the Web. "Messaging that discusses
possible Linux patent violations, pings the OSS (open-source
software) development process for lacking accountability,
attempts to call out the 'viral' aspect of the GPL (General
Public License) and the like are only marginally effective in
driving unfavorable opinions...and in some cases backfire," the
memo states.
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=b3-QHJxQYK27rwBCyy5PacbyphXERRR
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