[Am-info] Look out IBM, MS is after your Linux

[Sujal Shah]

Can I ask a dumb question?  Are Hans' messages going to the list, or to
the posters directly?  I haven't seen a single message from Hans in a
long, long while.  On the other hand, I always see people's replies to
him.  I only see one or two posts by him in the archives (which I do
remember reading, so maybe I got those).

Sujal

On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 14:23, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> No, Gerstner made the final decision.  He said "The desktop war is over."
> 
> John
> 
> 
> Hans Reiser wrote:
> 
> > John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> >
> > >  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22770.html
> > >
> > >MS is terrified of Linux.  IBM supports Linux (today, anyway).
> > >
> > >Now, I've always suspected that Gerstner took a bribe from MS to kill
> > >OS/2 (Remember the testimony "How much do we have to pay you to get you
> > >to screw Netscape?") .  I betcha he gets threatened with revelation of
> > >that treachery from the boys in Redmond soon.  Little leaks to the WSJ
> > >and other publications of Lou's secret MSFT options holdings ...
> > >
> > >I can't wait for the cowardly deeds to be publicized.  I can't wait for
> > >the lawsuits against IBM for fraud and deceptive practives from OS/2
> > >users, customers and partners like me, who were lied to by IBM.
> > >
> > >Of course, the alternative would be for Gerstner ("Sir Gerstner") to
> > >cave again.
> > >
> > >We might see a breathtaking reversal of IBM's support for Linux as
> > >well.  In either case, it will be ugly for IBM.  Good!
> > >
> > >John
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > I don't think you understand.  The decision by the folks who sold the
> > hardware systems to not support the folks who wrote the software was not
> > likely to have been made by gerstner, but rather ignored by him due to
> > incompetence of the sort large companies are filled with.  Don't look
> > for extreme answers unless extreme incompetence is it.  Extreme
> > incompetence is the only extremist answer consistently accurate in
> > describing organizations.  Much more likely is that one VP hated another
> > VP intensely, though I don't have knowledge of that being true in this
> > instance.
> >
> > Hans
> 
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