Paul Schmidt wrote:

>Gee, where have we heard this male bovine manure before. Microsoft is
>going to win, so everybody might as well go with Microsoft and make it
>happen.
>
>

I think the above represents a substantial misunderstanding of the
writer's intent.

From his bio
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Nigel McFarlane is a science and technology writer, analyst, and
programmer. He is the author of many articles on Web, XML, JavaScript,
and other technologies, and his work has appeared in newspapers,
journals, and e-zines. Nigel is also the author of Instant JavaScript,
Professional JavaScript and science education material. He lives in
Melbourne, Australia.
-----

He is also the Author of Rapid Application Development with Mozilla, a
member of Open Source Victoria http://www.osv.org.au/ and the Open
Source Industry Association of Australia http://www.osia.net.au/. Now I
don't know him at all (despite being a member of both these
organisations) however I would read his article more as a warning of
what is ahead. A call to arms if you will, rather than a surrender.

Cheers

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Adam Clarke
Strategic Data Pty Ltd