The document reproduced below was presented at a Microsoft internal Linux Strategic Review held at the Microsoft offices in Berlin during Sept. 2002. I received it on 5 November 2002.Also reported at: CNet News.com...
The overall tone of the memorandum is very defensive. Not quite panicky, but the researchers are not able to name any argument with the open-source community that their own figures show them to be winning.In fact, their figures indicate that we are winning. It looks like all we have to do is stay the course.
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One personal addition I always want to add to any reference to the writings of Eric Raymond can be found in the FAQ for the Halloween Documents FAQ
And, far from being any kind of socialist, I'm a hard-core libertarian; I'm opposed to antitrust law on pro-free-market principle, and have publicly stated that I will not cooperate with the DOJ lawsuit.My answer to this has always been that Being opposed to antitrust laws in support of free markets is like being opposed to laws against theft in support of private property.
What Microsoft was tried and found guilty of, but not punished, is a considerable economic crime, of a greater magnitude than what Enron and Worldcom were found guilty of.
