Total War; SCO is only the beginning

[William Park]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 01:14:08AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   This probably has some people wondering why IBM is backing linux.  IBM
> is supposed to be a for-profit corporation, not a charity.  The answer
> is that IBM is primarily a hardware manufacturer and consultancy
> company, not a software company (Those of you in the peanut-gallery
> running Multi-Mate in a DOS window under OS/2, please shut up).  OS and
> software is something that adds to the cost of their hardware, and that
> money goes to a third-party.  I'm showing my age, but let me point out
> that I remember back when IBM had its anti-trust troubles, one of its
> "sins" was giving away free software with its hardware.  IBM was able to
> thrive in a free software environment 30 years ago, and it can thrive in
> a free software environment today.

What would happen if Microsoft makes their own microprocessor?  Would
they get into trouble?

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