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**Hugh** · 23-06-2006, 07:33

I wouldn't get too worried about it - IBM was in the same dominant position in the 80's,and now it's just one of quite a few the big players (at that time, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, Google, AOL, Cisco, etc, were only small/medium players, or didn't exist).

Google will probably rise, Microsoft will probably sink (a bit), and then someone else will come along a do a Microsoft/Google on everyone.

What comes around, goes around.

ps - I was around at the time of the original open vs proprietary software wars in the 80's - Unix was then seen as the "open source" saviour of the world. As we used to say at the time - "which version of Unix is the "open" one?"

23-06-2006, 07:33	#2
Hugh Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 56 Services: Premiere Collection Posts: 25,001	Re: Free & Open Source Software vs Microsoft I wouldn't get too worried about it - IBM was in the same dominant position in the 80's,and now it's just one of quite a few the big players (at that time, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, Google, AOL, Cisco, etc, were only small/medium players, or didn't exist). Google will probably rise, Microsoft will probably sink (a bit), and then someone else will come along a do a Microsoft/Google on everyone. What comes around, goes around. ps - I was around at the time of the original open vs proprietary software wars in the 80's - Unix was then seen as the "open source" saviour of the world. As we used to say at the time - "which version of Unix is the "open" one?" __________________ 'People hate the truth - luckily, the truth doesn't care.' - Larry Winget