Technogory

I read an interesting article that discusses the recent Microsoft proposition to become a player in the sandbox of open source; i.e. - making their software play nice.  In the article, it quickly went on to point out the notion that “you get what you pay for” and if Linux is free, and Vista costs a lot; Vista must give you more!  A real O/S!  But, I have to point out the problem with this simplistic notion - Linux is not “Free” as in “Free Beer.”  If you believe you get what you pay for, look no further than “Enterprise Linux.”  If you are working in an enterprise environment, and have faced the license costs for support and updates to your “not-so-free” enterprise Linux edition, then you know that this is just not true.

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I just read a great article reporting the results of a study about how community websites influence people - even when they don’t communicate directly.  As I read this, I realized that the influence is probably more a matter of “herd” mentality.

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Well, interestingly enough, Microsoft is offering to purchase Yahoo! It’s difficult to take on the biggest search engine of all - Google. So, maybe this is Microsoft’s attempt to actually get their name included in the great search engine giant’s sandbox!

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