and while we're at it, microsoft at sco's flank

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/15SOFT.html

" . . . Last summer, Orlando Ayala, then in charge of worldwide sales 
at Microsoft, sent an e- mail message titled Microsoft Confidential 
to senior managers laying out a company strategy to dissuade 
governments across the globe from choosing cheaper alternatives to 
the ubiquitous Windows computer software systems.

"Mr. Ayala's message told executives that if a deal involving 
governments or large institutions looked doomed, they were authorized 
to draw from a special fund to offer the software at a steep discount 
or even free if necessary. Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief 
executive, was sent a copy of the e-mail message.

"The memo on protecting sales of Windows and other desktop software 
mentioned Linux, a still small but emerging software competitor that 
is not owned by any specific company. "Under NO circumstances lose 
against Linux," Mr. Ayala wrote. . . ."
-- 
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