Linux Foundation Calls for 'Respect for Microsoft'

kripkenstein writes "Jim Zemlin (executive director for the Linux Foundation) gave a talk at LinuxWorld saying that the open source community should stop poking fun at Microsoft. From the VNU article: 'Open source vendors have to recognize that Windows is here to stay and that together with Microsoft it will form a duopoly in the market for operating systems. This also requires that the Linux community respects Microsoft rather than ridicule it. "There are some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition.'"

Some things Windows does pretty well

[Sergeant Pepper]

Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition.

Too bad that's the only thing!

Re:I thought OS X Linux

[ShieldW0lf]

Open source vendors have to recognize that Windows is here to stay and that together with Microsoft it will form a duopoly in the market for operating systems. This also requires that the Linux community respects Microsoft rather than ridicule it.

How can I put this eloquently...

Fuck off, Uncle Tom.

Re:Old Idea, Some Quotes to Reinforce

[amightywind]

High minded thinking indeed. But I'm more suited to hurl insults at M$ from the safety of my Gentoo machine in my mother's basement.

Translation:

[morari]

Microsoft will never go away, so bend over, pass the Vaseline, and enjoy! Linux can coexist, but more so as foreplay.

Indistinguishable from sarcasm

[Anonymous Coward]

"There are some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition.'"

Other things Microsoft got right about Windows; they now have a patented sudo work-a-like. Will their innovation never cease?

Re:I thought OS X Linux

[pallmall1]

How can I put this eloquently...

Here's an old joke:

Boyfriend asks girlfriend to suck his cock. Girlfriend says she won't because then he won't respect her. Boyfriend promises to respect her and take her out for a big dinner at expensive restaraunt if she does. She sucks his cock, and later they go out for dinner. The waiter arrives and the boyfriend orders for both. He orders lobster for himself, and for her: "...and bring us a steak for the cocksucker here. She loves to eat meat."

Zemlin is a cocksucker. Microsoft is his meal ticket.

Re:Is fear close enough to respect for you?

[swokm]

I can't respect Microsoft. They are immoral, unethical, criminal, etc. There may, indeed, be something good that one can say about them. The closest I can come is "They made a good mouse."

I think what you said is completely unfair. They also made a good keyboard.

Re:Wait, what?

[lordtoran]

For example, see how much Linux has improved by comparing Slackware 1.0 to Kubuntu Feisty. Crap. Bad analogy.

Re:Uh-huh.

[darkpixel2k]

it doesn't stop it either because that doesn't destroy the monopoly that was already made.

Yeah. Sounds familiar. Almost like another monopoly [google.com]...

Thanks

[Rabid Cougar]

It's nice to know at least one person here on /. respects me.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself!

Heeeeere's Godwin!

[Oktober Sunset]

Europe, 1940s: Allied forces have to recognize that the Nazis are here to stay and that together with Hitler it will form a duopoly in the world for colonising smaller and less developed countries. This also requires that the Democratic community respects Hitler rather than ridicule him.