While I have been really trying not to do any Microsoft bashing lately, this was the final straw. With comments like; “There’s really nothing innovative today that Linux does that we
can’t do.”, how do I not loose it here? Where is your inovation, MS? WinFS in your next overpriced OS - gone. Implementing RSS in IE - it’s been done for over a year now in other browsers! In fairness however, there were a couple of fair comments that were right on the money. The main one that comes to mind was; “Because of the brittle nature of the platform, when you do that, other things break.” True to a point, and this could be fixed quickly if the hippies would let go and allow Linux to settle on some standards (wow, that is going to get some people angry).

‘Hobby Linux’ is fun, but as a Linux user I don’t give a rip about the ‘distro of the week’. I want options that follow standards and are not quite so easy to break. On the flip side, my Linux box NEVER crashes when using it on a daily basis. Just my thoughts. I know! Hey MS, take Linux on for yourselves and add some some standards for software and hardware people. Do this and I will follow you to the ends of the Earth (if it is done right). As for Longhorn however, you can keep it.

With the growing momentum of the open-source movement, one could say that Martin Taylor doesn’t have one of the most enviable jobs.

As Microsoft’s general manager of platform strategy, Taylor has to deal with anti-Microsoft sentiments while evangelizing his company’s products. Despite the challenges, he maintains an unwavering conviction that his company can deliver better returns than those offered by open-source software.

According to Taylor, businesses that tried out Linux or other open-source tools are now realizing that they are putting in more investment into the technology than they had initially thought. [Read the rest]