[ubuntu-uk] Update 2012- Re: Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

[Alan Bell]

On 29/04/12 13:06, Michael Daniels wrote:
>
> >
> >Yes, Alan, Microsoft will try to use any option available to counter 
> any possible threat to their sales prospects.
>
> We do not have "Windows 8" yet due to instability problems, "Windows 
> Vista" was not a commercial success.
> Ubuntu 12.04 works, without Microsoft help !
> Maybe progress seems slow at times, but open-source is not profit 
> related, and may legally copied unlimited times, potentially saving 
> business, including educational ones, thousands. Failure to disclose 
> interest at a meeting can be illegal in some instances, Microsoft seem 
> to be willing to use any means possible to preserve their monopoly.
I tend not to bother with Microsoft bashing, it isn't worth putting any 
effort into it, in this instance they appear to have made their own PR 
problem with no outside assistance.
> What next, a Microsoft bid for Canonical?
I doubt it, think Mark would sell?

Alan.

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