Microsofts new way of bashing Linux

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Michael T. Richter wrote:
>
> Compare the monetary worth of Bill Gates and the monetary worth of 
> whoever runs Red Hat.  Who sells the software?  Who sells the 
> support?  Which of the two is wealthier (by a few orders of magnitude)?
There are huge issues with this comparison. 

- DOS began in what, 1980?  And Linux was released in what 1991 or 92?  
You'll have to wait 12 years and see where Linux is at before we make 
comparisons like this.
- We also can't compare the 2 because Bill Gates is not just rich from 
his OS, but from all his software too.

- If Ubuntu existed in place of Microsoft, they would be far wealthier 
than Bill Gates could ever imagine.  I'd bet our society would be a bit 
more technologically advanced as well.   Openness and sharing fosters 
innovation.  Proprietary and Patents do not foster innovation.