>>One final thought from one of the Slashdot posts: When Allchin states at the end, "We [MS] can build a better product than Linux..." one question comes to mind -- why don't they? *smile*
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>Then how would they make money off the upgrades and updates? Now THAT, my friend, is the American way :-)

Funny, and sadly true. One Slashdooter quipped that the reason MS is so afraid of Open Source and the desctruction of intellectual property is that Open Source forces companies to keep creating new and _truly_ innovative ideas instead of re-selling the same crap with a few upgrades every 6 months.

And if that really is the American way, perhaps it is time I headed for Canada. *smile*

JoeK