[luau] The true evil of Microsoft's Palladium

[Jon Reynolds]

After reading this article, I wondered why Linux plays catch-up on M$
ideas? I am not a programmer, so I can't affect change in the Linux
community by writing code to enhance the OS. But why doesn't the Linux
community go on the offensive instead of playing defense? I understand
that a lot of these people who do the work for those of us who enjoy the
OS are not paid. I try to buy my Linux software when I can afford too
just to "do my part" in trying to advance Linux. But I think Linux
should take the initiative and start being pro active. I think Linux
should beat M$ to the punch, much like AMD did to Intel in the race for
1GH procs.I also believe we need to evangelize better. I just saved my
company $5000.00 for a complete email server with webmail and virus
scanning at the server, using freebsd, qmail, apache, PHP, squirrelmail,
courier-IMAP, total cost $0.00. I did have to pay $200.00 for the email
scanning software from Vexira, but I didn't mind considering the cost of
alternatives i.e. Norton, McAffee, etc..

Just my two cents,

Jon

On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 12:07, Jeff Mings wrote:
> This article is two links away from the corresponding Slashdot article, so 
> most of you probably haven't read it yet.  It is the most eye-opening article 
> about M$ Palladium that I have seen to date.  Read it. Grok it.  Let others 
> know.
> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020711.html
> 
> -Jeff
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