Microsoft sticks to the facts on Linux
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Having called Linux and open-source software a "cancer", "un-American" and "bankrupt", Microsoft will now stick to facts instead of emotions, the company's competitive strategist said yesterday.
"There were some emotional statements made before; we're now on a direction to talk about the facts," said Martin Taylor, who as the company's general manager of platform strategy drives Microsoft's thinking when it comes to Linux and other open-source products. Taylor was appointed to the job two weeks ago.
It took a few years, but Microsoft now appears to have changed its tactics in its battle with Linux. "It is not a religious discussion, it is a business model discussion," Taylor said "We kind of defaulted [to emotion] because we could not think about Linux in the right way."