Microsoft Wages War on Open Source
What's behind Microsoft's new attacks on open source? A growing threat to the .Net plans.
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"I can't see why they're making these claims, which really aren't true,"
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"Compaq, Dell, HP, and IBM are pouring billions of dollars into Linux to make it into an enterprise operating system," Claybrook says. " I think that scares the hell out of Microsoft, because they see this thing as snowballing."
Linux could also cut into Microsoft's .NET strategy, through which the company plans to offer a slew of Web-based services. Those services depend on Microsoft technology, which means the company's partners must be running Windows technology on their servers. The more support Linux gathers -- particularly among Microsoft's partners -- the more of a threat it poses to .NET.
"In theory, Web services should be independent of underlying systems -- that is, I should be able to receive Web services from any vendor on whatever system I happen to be using," David Cearley, an analyst at Meta Group, said in a report.
In the end, though, Microsoft's trash-talking strategy probably won't work, as open source software is becoming an important fact of life for a growing number of companies.
"They're trying to instill fear in people," Claybrook says, "but most people understand what's going on."
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