[CVALE] The Evil Empire and Xandros...Who is next?

[Gaijin]

Landon Blake wrote:
> I wonder why Microsoft is making such deals. They've now basically got
> arrangements with the biggest "commercial" vendors of both RPM and
> Debian bases distributions. How does this fit into Microsoft's overall
> strategy?

	They all have software package managers? <grins>  What better way to get 
their backs scratched, than to use a software distribution clearinghouse or 
system that can track who uses what, and can be market targetted with said 
data?Microsoft Linux.  If they wrote some of it, they can charge whatever 
they want for it.  And they don't even have to continue developing any of 
it. <laughs>  We'd better find that code of theirs and ditch it before they 
get enough rights to Linux that the public can no longer own it.  Like 
Windows, we'll only be able to lease and not be able to touch any of it... 
<shudders>

Michael