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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mozek who wrote (49191)	9/12/2000 9:25:45 PM
From: Daniel W. Koehler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Linus's family uses MSFT Windows !!! "But Mr. Torvalds also said that, for all its recent advances, it will be many years before Linux appeals to the masses in the same way that Microsoft Corp.'s Windows or Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh software do. Indeed, he said neither his parents nor his sister use Linux, but prefer Windows-based or Macintosh computers..... Mr. Torvalds said, though, that outside of Linux's home base of technically minded computer users, Windows still has a formidable advantage over Linux: There are simply far more programs that run on Windows." +++++++++++++++++ msnbc.com interactive.wsj.com +++++++++++++++++ "What's more, Microsoft last year began to take notice of Linux. In the spring, for example, it released a study showing that Windows NT outperformed Linux in some common computing tasks. The study caused an uproar in the Linux camp, with Mr. Torvalds and others suggesting at the time that they had somehow been rigged. Subsequent tests, though, showed Microsoft was right, and in his interview, Mr. Torvalds conceded that he initially had been "in denial" on the matter. "We had been arrogant," he said, adding it was painful for him to admit that Windows was better than Linux, at least in the areas covered by the Microsoft test." +++++++++++++++++ Windows better than Linux - says Linus "it would be 10 to 15 years before home users began to adopt the open source system." "Torvalds admitted that he had been wrong this spring when he insisted a Microsoft survey - that found Windows NT outperformed Linux in some computing tasks - had been rigged. He said he had been "arrogant" and "in denial" over the results, " silicon.com &REQSTR1=newsnow