A fairly good analysis of the strategy MSFT is engaging in here with Linux. The interesting things is that CentOS is a community effort, not a corporate synthetic, a departure for MSFT, as Gavin points out. By supporting CentOS, MSFT secures its market, coming and going.
But how to persuade away from the MSFT lure? it' snot just about open source. It's about, now, the usual: business, to be sure, but also, and this is rather important, establishing a network able to work with a variety of vendor environments, and to consider, seriously, subsequent developments. For instance, what formats, what apps, what other opportunities will be wanted and developed?
Thanks so much! I try to keep up with your posts every now and then, They are very informative and some of them I even share around my office. Keep up the awesome work, Louis.
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