August 11th, 2003, 02:59 PM
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Re: OT: Cutthroat Microsoft Tactic
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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Also, if this 'Open Source' thing can't work, why is this archetypal corporation, the epitome of capitalism which has prided itself on being 'the most profitable corporation in the world' since early in the previous century, supporting it?
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The cynic might suggest that IBM has no particular passion or belief in the open source model, but is simply using it as a weapon in their never-ending clash of the titans war against MS. Very shewd actually. If IBM is able to sucesfully define their image as a "populist company" they could reap substatial benefits for decades.
Geoschmo
[ August 11, 2003, 14:00: Message edited by: geoschmo ]
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