It's not always about the money. I do agree that for the most part, the OS will just be sitting there, running proprietary software. Little to no development, but this is news that others will look to. <br><br>Should it be successful, it will aid in the effort to increase Linux adoption. Greater adoption means better hardware support, more games, etc. However, if it falls flat on its face, even if it's just the proprietary software that fails, it may hurt the general Linux movement.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Insurance Squared Inc. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gcooke@insurancesquared.com">gcooke@insurancesquared.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
1) Microsoft still got their money for the initial install.<br>
2) The new system - probably about $0 of those many millions will go directly into coffers designed to further linux. <br>
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Kind of astonishing that in that environment linux is such a great product.<br>
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I love it.<br>
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Windows has its place, but never in a 100% uptime environment. I have worked in a few DC's. Linux / Solaris machines always had uptime in years as long as the backup power didn't fail. If we had a Windows issue, the M$ tech always fell back to 'restart' at some point.<br>
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I remember being on a call with someone from Redhat, and one of my Windows colleagues got laughed at when mentioning a restart of the server. Fun times. He just couldn't grasp that concept.<br>
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Robert P. J. Day <<a href="mailto:rpjday@crashcourse.ca" target="_blank">rpjday@crashcourse.ca</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:rpjday@crashcourse.ca" target="_blank">rpjday@crashcourse.ca</a>>> wrote:<br>
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as a followup to my earlier post:<br>
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1) <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/uk/getthefacts/lse.mspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/uk/getthefacts/lse.mspx</a><br>
2) <a href="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28359/1141/" target="_blank">http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28359/1141/</a><br>
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yeah, that's kind of embarrassing.<br>
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rday<br>
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