Discouraging FOSS
Linux users have been aware for some time that Microsoft does not share their love for their favorite operating system, Linux. Microsoft has spent a lot of time, energy, and resources trying to marginalize Linux and the slew of FOSS software than has sprung up around it.
In spite of all that, Linux has continued to grow and improve at an impressive rate. And that is precisely what seems to have Microsoft worried. As Steve Ballmer himself has acknowledged, “Linux is not about free software, it is about community… It’s not like Novell, it isn’t going to run out of money–it started off bankrupt, in a way.”
In contrast with Microsoft’s previous competitors which depended on the success of a product, FOSS is primarily a social movement, a movement which springs forth a variety of products. And those products end up having a negative effect on Microsoft’s returns.
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