Ex-Microsoftie: Linux will destroy Windows

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It's not only long-time Linux true believers who say that Linux will
eventually wipe out Windows. An former Microsoft employee of 11 years
says that "proprietary software is eventually going to be doomed," and
believes that Microsoft's future lies in releasing its own version of
Linux.

Keith Curtis, former Microsoft Research employee and author of After
the Software Wars, told an interviewer for Network World in a podcast
that "I do believe that proprietary software is eventually going to be
doomed."...

As for how Microsoft can survive if free software dominates, he
believes the company should release its own version of Linux, saying:

"I think we could all be running Microsoft Linux...I sent an e-
mail to Steve Ballmer about this and he said he wasn't
interested...Microsoft could very easily dominate the Linux market if
they wanted to."

He also claims that technology will progress more quickly using free
software than proprietary software. He writes in his book:

"The key to faster technological progress is making software free.
The difference between free, and non-free or proprietary software, is
similar to the divide between science and alchemy. Before science,
there was alchemy, where people guarded their ideas because they
wanted to corner the market on the mechanisms used to convert lead
into gold."
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15047/ex_microsoftie_linux_will_destroy_windows

Gralla doesn't agree, but recommends the podcast as interesting.

nessuno <nessuno7491.RemoveThis@gmail.com> writes:

> <Quote>
> It's not only long-time Linux true believers who say that Linux will
> eventually wipe out Windows. An former Microsoft employee of 11 years
> says that "proprietary software is eventually going to be doomed," and
> believes that Microsoft's future lies in releasing its own version of
> Linux.

Eventually yes. I mean "Free" things can only get better - look at
Firefox for a great example. But the world will eventually get hit by a
giant asteroid too. The question is : which will happen first?

>
> Keith Curtis, former Microsoft Research employee and author of After
> the Software Wars, told an interviewer for Network World in a podcast
> that "I do believe that proprietary software is eventually going to be
> doomed."...
>
> As for how Microsoft can survive if free software dominates, he
> believes the company should release its own version of Linux, saying:

Huh? Free SW is one thing. A free OS is another. While all the best Free
SW runs on MS then they will do fine. As its market share and the
unprecedented demand for Windows 7 has demonstrated at the same time
that Ubuntu has just driven a nail into its own coffin with another
sloppy release - once the poster boy of Linux distros it's now doomed
Linux to more years of less than 1% market share/install base/ whatever
you want to call it.

>
> "I think we could all be running Microsoft Linux...I sent an e-
> mail to Steve Ballmer about this and he said he wasn't
> interested...Microsoft could very easily dominate the Linux market if
> they wanted to."

There's a surprise.

>
> He also claims that technology will progress more quickly using free
> software than proprietary software. He writes in his book:

In his Book? Interesting ...

>
> "The key to faster technological progress is making software free.
> The difference between free, and non-free or proprietary software, is
> similar to the divide between science and alchemy. Before science,
> there was alchemy, where people guarded their ideas because they
> wanted to corner the market on the mechanisms used to convert lead
> into gold."
> </Quote>
>
> http://blogs.computerworld.com/15047/ex_microsoftie_linux_will_destroy_windows
>
> Gralla doesn't agree, but recommends the podcast as interesting.

Yes .. as in "Hmmm . interesting ..ZZzzzz".