Microsoft Advised To Learn To Love Linux

mikael writes "ZDnet is reporting that the management guru Clayton Christensen (author of "The Innovator's Dilemma") has advised Microsoft to learn to love Linux. In particular he advises Microsoft to purchase "Research in Motion", otherwise they will see their applications sucked off from the desktop and onto handheld devices such as the Blackberry."

Love already there

[LiquidCoooled]

Microsoft already loves Linux.

They bought SCO didn't they?

Ahhh

[gowen]

they will see their applications sucked off from the desktop

Wow. Now that would be some innovative internet pr0n.

bend over Linux

[Anonymous Coward]

...microsoft is about to show you some hard lovin'

Re:Two bits

[Anonymous Coward]

MS Linux already exists http://www.mslinux.org/ [mslinux.org]
Been out for almost a year!!!

Will RIM employees still get to

[xRelisH]

keep their RIM jobs?

Re:Love already there

[Joel Carr]

Microsoft already loves Linux.

Well I'm not so sure about Microsoft, but I know Bill Gates does. The internet says so, and it never lies!! [bbspot.com]

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Re:Article has a flair for the dramatic

[Kippesoep]

Considering how many people use their PC for the sole purpose of playing Solitaire, it might actually be a viable business model.

Half way there

[Slashcrunch]

Well, they've already got a head start I think.

"...poor-quality, low-margin products"

the wayback machine

[Anonymous Coward]

Posted by Hemos on Monday October 18, 1997
mikael writes "ZDnet is reporting that the management guru Clayton Christensen (author of "Outsource is the key") has advised young RedHat Inc. to learn to love Windows 2000, as it will be for sure the ultimate UNIX killer(tm)."

Those guys never learn to shut the fuck up.

Re:i hope not

[AndroidCat]

But can't you just see Steve Ballmer thumping his shoe on the table and proclaiming "We will Berry you!"

MS interest in RIM seems natural enough....

[museumpeace]

Their products do have something in common [com.com]

That Gandhi quote

[Riktov]

So, um, when do they love you?

Re:Article has a flair for the dramatic

[Anonymous Coward]

aking as a someone who works across the street from them and whose company depends on them directly for 90% of their business

If they see this comment, they may buy their hamburgers elsewhere...

linux?

[sakura the mc]

shiet, someone needs to love freebsd :/

Re:Ahhh

[Idarubicin]

they will see their applications sucked off from the desktop

Wow. Now that would be some innovative internet pr0n.

Clippy getting a blowjob. Thanks. That's just the image I need in my mind.

Re:Extremely interesting...

[myowntrueself]

"Don't be so naive. If Office is ever ported, it will be ported with IE, ActiveX, VBScript and all other goodness."

And it will only run as root.

Maybe even only in single user mode.

Re:Love already there

[Ohreally_factor]

s/becuase/because
s/your/you're

need sleep..

s/sleep/life

Joking!! I joke because I love. And probably because I need to get my own life.