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发信人: linuxrat (竹剑居士*农大历史上最差的学生), 信区: Linux
标  题: Bill G.给公开源代码社区的公开信[FWD]
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Fri Jan 21 18:03:07 2000)

是否真假, 请大家来判断啦. 我就不说了, 正饿着肚皮呢...
我很怀疑的说. 呵呵...仿照Bill G.的语气?
URL: linuxtoday.com
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     Author's note: I received this document from a well placed source
     who requests anonymity, but has proven to be highly unreliable in
     the past. In keeping with the tradition begun by Eric Raymond and
     'The Halloween document', I refer to this as the 'Coming up on
     Groundhog's Day document'. One intereting thing: "DOJ wants
     community service" was scrawled across the top.

             An Open Letter to the Linux Community from Bill G.

   As you may know, I have recently lost my job as Chief Executive of the
   world's most powerful software company. You don't need to worry about
   me or my family, though. I still have a job as software architect and
   thinker. Our cars are paid for and we have a little money in the bank.
   We'll be fine.

   Now that I have some time on my hands, I'd like to join your community
   and help out. After all, if not for a hand up from friends like IBM
   and Apple, I might never have reached a position to crush them.

   The way I see it, we each have a problem that the other can help. I'm
   bored and I'm so stinking rich that, short of funding my own manned
   Mars mission, I can't possibly spend it all. Your problem is easier.
   You want to dominate the world. Not a single one of you has ever done
   it, but I have.

   Titles aren't important to me. "Leader" will be fine. Let's give that
   poor Finn some relief. You've leaned on him too long. Besides, he
   works for my buddy, Paul. Let's help Paul to get his undivided
   attention for a while.

   As leader, I would keep my eye on the prize, and yours as well. I
   would quickly introduce some healthy paranoia. No more "Microsoft is
   dead" talk. Over the years, I've heard that mainframes are dead, IBM
   is dead, COBOL is dead, Apple is dead, Novell is dead, Unix is dead,
   etc.. Smugness makes you complacent. Complacency gets you killed.
   Didn't you guys pay any attention to Netscape? Started to believe
   their press clippings. Heh, heh. I still chuckle when I picture that
   Andreeson kid's face once he realized how screwed they were.

   These are dangerous and exciting times. A whole new product is coming
   out-Windows 2000. A lot of people have been waiting for it. A lot of
   people are going to buy it and use it. Steve, the guy who took my old
   job, is your worst nightmare. Believe it or not, I care about the
   technology. Steve doesn't. He's a marketing guy all the way. His first
   priority is winning. His second priority is to achieve his first
   priority. He will sell, sell, sell, sell, sell. The product will get
   better, too, because that gives him something else to sell, sell,
   sell, sell, sell.

   Sun Tzu said that all warfare is based on deception. That's what
   Microsoft has been pulling on you, and you've been taking the bait. I
   know that you love your OS and the software that it supports. You need
   to understand that Windows 2000 has a lot going for it as well. It
   certainly is the most technically advanced Windows yet. Honestly,
   though, nothing in it is new. Some of its new features merely catch it
   up with Linux and bring it closer to commercial Unices and to Netware
   Directory Services. We could argue and measure all day trying to
   figure out which one is better. We won't do that because it doesn't
   matter. All those benchmarks and technical comparisons? Misdirection,
   plain and simple.

   Our real problem is not technology, it's inertia. We face a bazillion
   MCSE's out in the field and a bazillion CIO's who buy Microsoft
   because they know how. End users think they know Windows. They're
   afraid of Linux because Windows has been so bad. I saw one report that
   people's computers get more reliable over time. Why? They stop doing
   things that make their computers crash. They learn a million little
   ways to get around the shortcomings in their systems. They'll tell you
   they don't understand computers, and they'll be right because Windows
   problems are incomprehensible. Heck, how often do tech reps throw up
   their hands and re-install everything? They think they can't learn
   Linux and they they think they know Windows and they're darned well
   sure they don't understand computers.

   Believe me, we can change their minds. Believe me, we wouldn't have
   been worried if you couldn't win any users over. But look, IBM is no
   slouch when it comes to marketing. Neither are Compaq and Oracle. Look
   at what Apple's been able to do in the last couple of years. Of
   course, Apple had two big advantages. Everybody knows that Macs are
   easy to use. Linux users tell newbies to read the manual, Mac users
   assume you shouldn't have to. Besides they're cute. Whatever the
   reason, Apple has changed a lot of minds.

   We need make it easier for people to get started. This is where I
   broke into night sweats on the old job. You see, easy is easier than
   you think. It's great to be doing all that KDE and GNOME stuff and
   things like COAS and Lizard and Linuxconf and Newbie Doc sites and the
   like. The best way to make Linux easy, though, is to ask a friend for
   help. Just about every body knows someone they think is a computer
   whiz who can come help them with Windows. That's not true for Linux.
   Linux has a few important tricks up its sleeve, though. Linux is free
   and Linux is fun and Linux can do a lot of very cool things with cheap
   hardware. For that reason, Linux is becoming the cool OS on campus and
   a growing choice with young Web Entrepeneurs. Take aim at these early
   adapters and the rest will follow. They'll have someone to show them
   how things are done and Linux will get easier.

   Cute shouldn't be a problem, either. Penguins are very cute. Everybody
   loves penguins. I wonder if VA Linux systems could make a
   penguin-shaped workstation? Maybe put a CD-ROM drive in its bill and
   call CD's herring. Maybe even put a red hat on it and have that
   strange Caldera dancing dude do a few steps. Sounds cute to me. We do
   have a problem with S.U.S.E, though. What's with that weird green
   mascot of theirs? It looks like something that didn't survive the
   Cambrian die-off. Sheesh.

   Finally, I would make sure that all software running on Linux comes
   under the GPL. It wouldn't be that tired old GNU license you're stuck
   with now. Nosirree, Bob, and by the way, I've got copies of Bob for
   anyone who wants it. I'm talking about the next generation GPL. It
   wouldn't leave you at the mercy of the ragtag band you put your faith
   in now. No, the Gates Public License would make sure that all rights
   remain exclusively under the control of the only person in this
   business who really and truly understands world domination.

   I can't wait to get started.

   Your friend,

   Bill

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   Authors background:
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   Dean Pannell, a.k.a. dinotrac is busily watching snow inundate his
   untidy little Chicagoland hovel. As he doesn't have to drive anywhere
   at the moment, the snow looks mighty nice. As to this article,
   dinotrac will not reveal the source under any circumstances. Dinotrac
   fully appreciates the irony of this position. :-)

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