Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> CRN Interview: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
>
> ,----[ Quote
> | Ballmer: All I said anywhere is quality, quality, quality, quality,
> | quality. The betas are just out: Quality, quality. I get an e-mail from
> | a customer who's says 'I'm worried about the following problem with the
> | beta.' That's what betas are about. I say: 'don't worry. Quality,
> | quality. We're just workgin on quality.'
> |
> | We will ship quality, security, quality. The features set is all there.
> | Now it's all about performance, quality, quality. If I get e-mail
> | 'Should I worry about what you're going to ship if you're forced to ship
> | on blah blah blah?', I say 'quality." That's essentially all I said in
> | Asia.
> |
> | ( http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg )
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Ballmer: Oh. The question is about Linux. Let's talk about it. Four
> | years ago people wrote that we'd be wiped out by Linux. Four years later
> | how're they doing?
> |
> | CRN: They're doing well on the server side.
> |
> | Ballmer: No they're not. They're not gaining share.
> `----
>
> F*ing liar! Is he legally allowed to do that?!?!?
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http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=188701423
So, he's not expecting to make inroads into the high end mainframe set, he
can't beat UNIX/Linux there. But he can fight in the medium size company
arena.
He is right too, that is the area where MS is most likely to make ground on
the server side. But I the Linux momentum is going to give him a hard
fight.
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