Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[TJ Parker]

> True there were better operating systems ...

ah, you're going way back though, to the establishment of the monopoly.

> Remember DR DOS?

yah, which was my point: it's not about msft selling knowledge, its about maintaining a monopoly. nothing more.

> The FUD is no longer working so you noticed they've gone to
> licenses that go by time and not product. Even that's starting
> to crumble.

well yah, that huge blip in unrecognized revenues last summer was everyone rushing to renew their old licenses instead of jumping into the subscription.

> And you'll notice IBM decided a few years back do and end run
> around MSFT and is now fully endorsing Linux.

not only smart, one of the things that first gave linux legitimacy.