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[James Knott]

William Park wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:01:26AM -0500, cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote:
> 
>>And what is further interesting about the Microsoft situation is that
>>the _genuine_ political opposition is mostly taking place outside the
>>US.
>>
>>In the US, Microsoft can wave the American flag and say, "Support us!
>>It's Unamerican to do otherwise!"
>>
>>But any place where they are 'alien,' the money that goes into licenses
>>is being sent to a foreign nation, taking money out of the domestic
>>software market.  Microsoft can pay for a lot of lobbyists, but the only
>>country in which they can play the "patriotism" card is the US.  If they
>>buy off politicians, it can't be disguised as some form of patriotism.
> 
> 
> It's quite amusing to see all these cheap shots directed at Microsoft,
> while leaving the hardware players (ie. Intel, IBM) alone.  Whether it's
> OS/2, Windows, DOS, or Linux, they're all running on Intel CPU.  If
> Microsoft's dominance is so bad, then Intel's position is worse by order
> of magnitude.

Well, the computer I'm typing this on, is powered by an AMD Athlon XP 
1700+.  I don't recall seeing an "Intel Inside" sticker on it.  ;-)

Also, one nice thing about Linux, is that it can run on just about any 
CPU.  Last I checked, you could even run it on IBM big iron, Power PC, 
68000, Itanic, Alpha etc.  There was also a version of OS/2 that ran on 
the PowerPC and some versions of Windows could run on other CPUs.  So, 
if Intel disappeared tomorrow, it wouldn't cause more than a short term 
disruption, as others, primarily AMD could step in to fill the void.


> 
> So far, Korean (federal) and German (municipal) government decided to
> try Linux.  This means Intel CPU, also.  Where are the commies when you
> really need them?
> 


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