RE: MS using other OS

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

Jim, Scott

OUTSTANDING CATCHES...!  Great articles...

(Seems sorta funny this qualifies as "news" given how long this has been
happening with Microskunk and the 400, or rather the "rumored" use of a 400
out-sourcing company by M$.)

jt

| -----Original Message-----
| From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Scott Klement
| Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 3:08 PM
| To: midrange-l@midrange.com
| Subject: Re: MS using other OS
|
|
|
| Here is a another, similar story:
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/23348.html
|
| Interesing how often FreeBSD suddenly is coming up in the Midange-L
| mailing list, isn't it?
|
| The story that you're referring to states that "Microsoft offers
| disparaging
| remarks about open-source solutions".  That's not really true.  Microsoft
| has never made disparaging remarks about FreeBSD.  Microsoft's remarks
| have all been against the GPL licensed products such as Linux.
|
| Here's an article that touches on that.
| http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2775033,00.html
|
| IMHO, Microsoft has tried elimining both OS/400 and FreeBSD from their
| company, but Windows just isn't able to replace them.  It's just not
| robust enough.
|
|
| On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Jim Franz wrote:
| >
| > we've talked (at great length about MS using AS400s in part of
| it's operations.
| > It seems we're not the only one
| > Apparently parts of Hotmail run on "open source" BSD.
| > http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/15295.html
| >
| > no debate needed, just a fyi
| > jim
| >
| >
|
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