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Microsoft At Middle Age

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-not-complacent dept.

gordyf writes "The Seattle Times has an interesting article concerning Microsoft's current position in the market. It describes how its customers and parners are reacting to its heavy-handed tactics, and how 'you can point to Linux being one of the major drivers for this decade.' An interesting read."

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  1. Mac OS X? by kakos · · Score: 1, Troll

    I tend to see Mac OS X being more of a driver than Linux in the future. Mac OS X is a single OS, as opposed to a set of OSes that may or may not work together. Also, OS X also has the backing of a long established company that will probably be around in the foreseeable future. OS X is also a BSD, which is a much better OS than Linux. Lastly, Apple is adopting a less proprietary model and much of the operating system is open source, so many of the benefits of a completely open source OS are there too.

    1. Re:Mac OS X? by supun · · Score: 0, Troll

      Mac OS X won't be a "driver" until they lower their prices. That's the point that hurts Apple the most. I can go to Walmart and pick up a machine 2G processor for around $500 dollars. Now with the economy like it is, if I had to purchase a bunch of computer a department, Apple won't be it. I can get 2+ PC for one Mac.

      Mac OS X could cure cancer, but in the real world, it comes down to money.

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      :w!
    2. Re:Mac OS X? by Guppy06 · · Score: 0, Troll

      "Mac OS X is a single OS, as opposed to a set of OSes that may or may not work together."

      From the people that brought you AppleTalk!

  2. Re:So, 10 years from now... by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Free software will be around as long as there are gullible, bored, wealthy college kids to do the work. But to say they're losing ground is ridiculous. There's still nothing on the market other than possible OSX that compares to Win 2K/XP for value. Nothing is even close.

  3. Re:Yep by chef_raekwon · · Score: 1, Troll

    good call all around ---

    try running your RedHat 8.0 on a 486, or better yet, an early Pentium 1 (with KDE or GNOME). Please post results.

    --
    We're like rats, in some experiment! -- George Costanza
  4. Re:Yep by GuyWithLag · · Score: 0, Troll
    almost everything for Linux is written in C++

    Uh, really? Please give an example of an important programm that is written in C++ and exists on most installations.