Longhorn's Real Job: Trying to Gore Linux - "You want to know one reason why Microsoft is taking so long to come out with Longhorn? It wants to make darn sure that it's as Linux and open-source unfriendly as humanly possible. Today, you can mix and match Linux, Windows and open-source programs pretty much as you see fit." - EWeek

An interesting idea.  If MSFT's real motive behind the delay in Longhorn is to try and derail Linux and open-source on the desktop, they are taking a great gamble.  IT managers may not wait the 18-24 months until Longhorn is available to make decisions about switching to Linux on the desktop and once the decision is made it will be hard to reverse. 

The open source community is not sitting around waiting for this to happen either.  This EWeek piece discusses a recent meeting held by leaders in the Gnome and Mozilla projects to discuss responses to the threat posed by Longhorn.  This may be were open source can really shine, developing tools and apps faster than MSFT to meet the real world needs of IT managers looking to improve performance, security, etc.

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