And on the other side IBM is quietly (?) following through on their
threat of removing all profit from selling operating systems. When (not
if), they roll all the features from AIX, OS390, OS2 and support for
their hardware into Linux, where is MS (or Sun or HP) going to be able
to sell server OS's? IBM will have a single OS across ALL their hardware,
from their rebranded Palms, to x86, to RS6000, to AS400, to System 390...
This is already reflected in the xServer naming scheme. Now that is
something that could really lower TCO...
And think what it means for software vendors. End to end compatibility
with a recompile.
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Jim Wildman, CISSP jim@rossberry.com
817-308-3868 http://www.rossberry.com
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:36:54PM -0500, Doc wrote:
>
> > In light of the rumors AOL floated re. acquiring RH this has some
> > fascinating
> > overtones. Perhaps they intend to do just what it is that they accuse M$ of
> > fearing -- link Netscape with Linux and with some assistance from the courts
> > go right at the heart of M$.
> >
> > Sure sounds good for Linux and fun to watch! :-)
> >
> > doc
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > AOL Time Warner Sues Microsoft Over Browser Issue
> >
> > Tuesday, January 22, 2002
> >
> > AOL Time Warner filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in federal
> > court Tuesday, seeking damages for violations of antitrust law found in a
> > landmark government case against the software giant.
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> AOL/TW has now denied any attempt to purchase Red Hat, and Red Hat has
> been silent. This came up on another list, and I forgot to save the
> link. Sorry. However, current speculation is that they can simply
> partner with Red Hat. Who knows?
>
> But this latest lawsuit reminds me of vultures circling a carcass.
> That's really not an attempt to downgrade Microsoft, but it's
> interesting to me that 1) their revenue stream is not doing well,
> comparatively; 2) XP hasn't set the world on fire (except for OEMs, who
> really don't have much choice); 3) DOJ has sued and proven that MS
> violated antitrust laws; 4) several state attorneys general are looking
> for their own settlement; 5) EU is still trying to decide if and how to
> punish MS; 6) Gartner has openly advocated going away from MS on the
> server because of security problems; 7) Gates has made a big public
> showing of putting MS coders and techs onto security issues; and 8) now
> AOL-TW (a giant of a corporation and MS's public enemy number two or
> three) is now suing them for monopolistic practices.
>
> Microsoft's still got quite a bit of life left in it ($30B worth or so).
> But it sure does look like they're surrounded by vultures or hyenas.
>
> Paul
>
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