Comment Re:Is this FUD? (Score 1) 164
I should point out that the bulk of my investment income is made from Linux and other Open Source products, and I haven't lost yet (I've been investing in Linux as a whole for almost 15 years). I am looking at this from a business POV, and ROI POV. For comparison, let's look at Microsoft over the last 15 years.
Micro$oft has twice been convicted of monopolistic tactics and is currently involved in three other cases of a similar nature, two of them are statewide class action suits as well. They have been found in violation of many different patents and copyrights, with untold numbers of settlements where they ended up paying the plaintiff. They have over promised and under delivered 6 OS's, one of which was found to have violated the BSD network stack, which cost them a pretty penny. They have purchased a license to Unix technology, which may or may not be valid any longer, to the tune of somewhere around $30 million. They have installed software onto their customer's systems without permission, or gained permission under false pretenses which is going to lead to yet another series of law suites.
So looking at it as an investor, I would say that Linux is a much safer investment than Microsoft. Yes, Microsoft has the potential for a larger ROI, but Linux appears to me to be much safer.
Micro$oft has twice been convicted of monopolistic tactics and is currently involved in three other cases of a similar nature, two of them are statewide class action suits as well. They have been found in violation of many different patents and copyrights, with untold numbers of settlements where they ended up paying the plaintiff. They have over promised and under delivered 6 OS's, one of which was found to have violated the BSD network stack, which cost them a pretty penny. They have purchased a license to Unix technology, which may or may not be valid any longer, to the tune of somewhere around $30 million. They have installed software onto their customer's systems without permission, or gained permission under false pretenses which is going to lead to yet another series of law suites.
So looking at it as an investor, I would say that Linux is a much safer investment than Microsoft. Yes, Microsoft has the potential for a larger ROI, but Linux appears to me to be much safer.
