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Microsoft Names Linux its Number Two Risk
Jorkapp writes "Microsoft has officially moved Linux up to the Number 2 Risk to the company (With Economic Environment at No. 1). Bill Gates has taken the threat very seriously, and has identified Linux and non-commercial software as 'out there and very pervasive.' In response, Microsoft has dropped the price of Windows CE and opened the embedded OS to developers. This will not only allow developers to view and modify CE, but also distribute software incorporated to the modified code."
Frequently as this BS is put out I find it hard to believe. Why should Linux be a threat to Unix. Let's take Solaris. Why would someone buy a Sun system? 'cos many folks write s/w for it - great CAD/CAM s/w, telco s/w, graphics etc..... there's a lot of stuff avbl for Solaris on a cafeteria basis. Same with IRIX (film and video) and HP-UX.
That used to be the case, but it's less so now. There are many Slashdot stories, for example, on movie FX houses replacing SGIs with Linux render farms. Or take Oracle, for a long time Sun was their preferred platform, but now Ellison is pushing 9i RAC running on Linux running on blades in preference to big Suns. If you want an X workstation for your developers or engineers, do you buy everyone a Sun, or do you give everyone a cheap PC running Linux and buy one Sun to compile and test on?
OTOH Windoze users present Linux/Open Source coders with a single large market to go after.
A vendor can port an app from Solaris to Linux far easier than from Linux to Windows. That is a fact.
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"dey 5uX0r as bizn3ss", "Linux r00lz j00", and "M$ Wind0z3 iz l4m3" seem to be the primary "points" people make here.
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.