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Linux the Tortoise to Microsoft's Hare?

Posted by michael on from the slow-and-steady-gets-eaten-by-a-bear dept.

LukePieStalker writes "TheStreet.com is running a story by Ronna Abramson that makes a case for Linux cutting into Microsoft's server business and forcing Redmond to trim margins. A particular vulnerability is seen in overseas markets, but the heat should be turned up everywhere once Unix replacements are pretty far along by then end of next year. A quote from one CTO: [Linux is] "going to force Microsoft to spend more time on security and stability, and less time on adding new features.""

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  1. Re:MS is still an innovator - in other ways by BrK · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Microsoft is an enormous innovator

    Actually, they're really not. They have very rarely "innovated" anything, instead they watch closely to see what others are doing and then swoop in at the last minute to try and emulate/replace/crush the dominant innovative company/technology. Ref: the Internet (they pretty much missed this one entirely at first), IE (netscape), Exchange/Outlook (groupwise, notes, etc), Media player(Real), AOL/Prodigy(MSN), Active Directory(Novell, Vines), and 1000 other things.

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  2. Re:Don't you mean... by coronaride · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Linux home edition? Make sure you include coke-bottle glasses, a pocket protector, and an "i'm better than you" attitude!

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