Re:Must Be True (Score 2, Interesting)

Besides, what venture capitalist will fund a startup going up against Microsoft? Every linux start up has in one way or another has gone up against Microsoft. Whether or not they are successful or not is not really at issue, but most of those companies got some of their start up cash from VCs. WRT to VCs, if you go and tell them that your new start up will be the new microsoft, then you will be laughed out of their office. The key is that you want to be able to show that you can take some reasonable portion of on of the many markets that MS operates in. If you can show your solution is better then microsoft, then you have a good chance at getting a hunk of cash. A good example is the number of Embedded Linux companies out there. The goal is not to take MS on head on, just to take on their embedded CE market.