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Survey: Microsoft "running scared" over Linux By Megan McAuliffe, ZDNet Australia March 23, 2001 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/soa/Survey-Microsoft-running-scared-over-Linux/0,139023165,120208149,00.htm
Microsoft assertions that the open-source software market, such as Linux, is destroying intellectual property and stifling innovation has been slammed in a user survey, with the majority of respondents saying Microsoft is "just running scared". A staggering 73 percent of 1250 respondents disagreed with Microsoft's stance on the open-source software movement, according to a ZDNet readership survey. A recent report by ZDNet quoted Microsoft as saying that open-source software destroys intellectual property and stifles innovation, viewing Linux as a threat to its venture into the server market. Only 27 percent of survey respondents agreed with Microsoft that open-source software was holding the industry back. In response to Microsoft's reaction to the open-source market, Linux supporters believe its recent rhetoric is a calculated managed reaction intended to create FUD - fear, uncertainty and doubt - amongst the industry. "Microsoft are just trying the old game of creating doubts in people's minds, "For a long time they refused to talk about open-source, now they are moving to the FUD method," a Linux spokesperson said. The spokesperson says Microsoft can see its stranglehold on the industry being undermined and believes it is "fighting a very strong knee jerk reaction". A Microsoft spokesperson was unavailable for comment.
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