I really didn't like the blog post, it looked more like wishful thinking than reasoning with facts. Microsoft is clearly going nowhere in this recession, I would say it is one of the companies along with Google that will come out stronger than it was. Microsoft's competitors are already feeling the recession pinch and might find it very hard to survive. Also with cash-reserves of Microsoft, I surely think they will be buying valuable companies for cheap. Again have to wait and see, no one has seen the future including Eric Raymond.

Also just read his previous blog post about Israeli offensive in Gaza. Eric Raymond surely has some extreme views on the conflict, saying things like Islamofascists and other things. I was a fan of Eric Raymond but i surely didn't know he was a right-wing nut.