X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MicrosoftTactics;h=9718093de28613af86386821f2a3aa90ab4eceee;hp=a2307b02043ead6f3f4a16d815625b6b46b24584;hb=b49e509f54c4e360b0925fb87dc5d942a85b4602;hpb=1f58bf08403150a817dca3b56869710f604aa424 diff --git a/MicrosoftTactics b/MicrosoftTactics index a2307b0..9718093 100644 --- a/MicrosoftTactics +++ b/MicrosoftTactics @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ steve_ballmer_bill_gates_i_wish_i_knew_how_to_quit_you.jpg +This is a collection of a variety of strategies attempted by Microsoft +against an extremely resilient competitor that couldn't just be brought +or driven to bankruptcy as usual. + === Targeting GNU/Linux === @@ -9,9 +13,9 @@ steve_ballmer_bill_gates_i_wish_i_knew_how_to_quit_you.jpg * [[http://www.linux.com/feature/8374 | Linux is un-American]] -- Jim Allchin, Windows chief officer (2001) - * Microsoft behind SCO's "smoking gun" claims against Linus Torvalds + * Microsoft suspected behind SCO's "smoking gun" attacks against Linus Torvalds - * Trying to bribe Tanembaum against Linus Torvalds + * Microsoft paying a "think tank" to bribe Tanembaum to accuse Linus Torvalds of stealing Minix's code * Software patent lobby at the EU parliament