[school-discuss] Micro$oft: Weaker and Sneakier?

[Michael Shigorin <mike@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:10:55AM -0400, Daniel Howard wrote:
> Actually Joel, if you think about it, it points to the success
> of FOSS: if software becomes free, then the only way M$ can
> survive is to move to an ad-based revenue, hence the interest
> in Yahoo, Facebook etc.

The problem with MS is (was?) "embrace and extend" tactic.
I guess that was referred to.

The company at large seems to be realizing the fact that they
adapt or die this time, seeing the cover named "Microsoft 2.0:
how MS plans to stay relevant in post-Gates era".

Large companies tend to have decent amount of schizophrenia
in total behaviour though.....

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