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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (23358)	5/23/1999 12:34:00 PM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (3) of 24154

" Upstart Linux Draws a Microsoft Attack Team " Headlines in Wall Street Journal - Marketplace Section on Friday May 21st. Interesting way to put it. It seems that even the WSJ sees Microsoft in predatory terms. What a change from 2 years ago. Some more: " There's a new job description at Microsoft Corp.: Linux stalker. In what amounts to a case of the "Empire Strikes Back," the software giant in recent weeks has deployed a team of engineers and marketers to keep tabs on Linux, the fast-growing, free operating system that is making waves in the computer world. The group in Redmond, Wash., is small-fewer that 10 members-but it has an important mission: to counter a cultish software movement that has evolved from a mere annoyance to a real threat. Microsoft's team is already moving to convince potential corporate users that Linux is not ready for prime time..." Check out the spin. Words like "Empire Strikes Back" evoke the underdog rebels (Shane, an American icon). "Cultish software movement" a bit of mysticism here. And the realization that once again Microsoft is afraid it can't win on technical merits so they need a special team to counter Linux. Paranoid... What amazes me about all this is that this long article is the Marketplace feature article on Friday. Linux vs. NT - something that wasn't even on the radar screen for the WSJ one year ago. Linux is quite a phenomenon. I started using it in 1993 and have grown through all the changes along with it. Its almost Jungian in nature as an expression of some sort of archetypical human need having to do with freedom and creativity. Another interesting aspect is that this is only possible due to the Internet. I expect that we will see all kinds of communications based phenomena in a new context. E.g., who will be the first Internet president? By that I mean a comparison to JFK who is widely considered the first TV president. Thure

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