Re: Linux vs Microsoft

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@adelphia.net)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:58:21 -0400 (EDT)


On 15 Oct 1998, david parsons wrote:

> >With due respect, Mr. Towers...if Microsoft could crush us, it would
> >already have done so. It is now several months too late for them to
> >succeed.
>
> Maybe. It strikes me as a bad idea to underestimate the esteemed
> Mr. Gates, because Microsoft is a lot nimbler and smarter than
> anybody thinks it is.

If you mean "nimbler and smarter" at making money and rolling over
business competition, then I'd agree wholeheartedly. If these terms were
used to describe the quality of Microsoft products, I'd have to take
serious issue.

Steve

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