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Billy Gates puts up with Linux, Netscape
Xeen:
Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., sat through a computer demonstration running on Linux
Fett101:
quote:Originally posted by xeen:
and the Netscape browser, a rival product that all but disappeared because of giveaways of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
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While netscape was charging about $50 for thiers.
flap:
quote:Originally posted by Fett101:
While netscape was charging about $50 for thiers.
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So what's your point?
Windows_SuX_@$$:
Screw you Gates
jtpenrod:
quote:"We're being as inclusive as we can," Gates said of Microsoft's role in the cross-platform project. "This is a fabric for someone to do e-commerce that's independent of the operating systems that are out there."
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Translation: Embrase, Extend, Exterminate.
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Gates and IBM executive vice president Steve Mills said their companies' three-year collaboration had developed tools that will let computers conduct secure transactions whether they run Microsoft's Windows platform or others, such as IBM's WebSphere or the open-source Linux system that is given away.
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My advise to Steve Mills: count your fingers after shaking hands with that guy.
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