anon
26.06.09, 15:39
Based on Comes vs Microsoft exhibits, we already know that the company from Redmond is most afraid of GNU/Linux. There is no point in denying it and it is always valuable to see what the company says internally. In today's exhibit, Exhibit PX08256 (2001) [PDF], a revealing memo from Gates is shown publicly, probably for the first time at least on the Web.
Jim Allchin distributes this in-progress memo from Bill Gates to Brian Valentine, Paul Flessner, Mike Nash, Will Poole, Yuval Neeman, and Dan Neault. Gates expresses concern about developers moving away from Windows:
Our strength comes from the singularity and popularity of the platform. even we can't afford multiple overlapping messages especially when developers are moving to Linux and Java.
Bill Gates: ?Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux? | Boycott Novell (http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/23/bill-gates-afraid-of-gnu-linux/)
Jim Allchin distributes this in-progress memo from Bill Gates to Brian Valentine, Paul Flessner, Mike Nash, Will Poole, Yuval Neeman, and Dan Neault. Gates expresses concern about developers moving away from Windows:
Our strength comes from the singularity and popularity of the platform. even we can't afford multiple overlapping messages especially when developers are moving to Linux and Java.
Bill Gates: ?Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux? | Boycott Novell (http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/23/bill-gates-afraid-of-gnu-linux/)