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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. Don't you mean... by Xpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    The penguin and the....uh.... abstract looking stylized flying window?

    The mascot coolness factor alone makes Linux a superior competitor!

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    1. Re:Don't you mean... by Zardoz44 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Forget the window, they have Clippy!

    2. Re:Don't you mean... by senatorpjt · · Score: 4, Funny

      The company is http://www.penguinlifesafety.com. They also apparently have permission from Larry Ewing to use it. :)

      Yes, the site runs linux.

      They install fire insulation.

  2. Qaulity Sfotwere? by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    Microsoft to spend more time on security and stability, and less time on adding new features."

    What? And part with tradition?

    Would this mean the new Microsoft ad taglines would be "Now, more secure and stable than ever!"

    I can't see that, since they've already played that card and anyone with a lick of sense has seen the results. More likely they'll just trim their profit margins, try to lock down proprietary technology (to bar Linux from having it) and continue to spin marketspeak.

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  3. Somebody had to say it...might as well be me by techstar25 · · Score: 4, Funny

    For Microsoft, security and stability will be new features.

  4. New Slogan for Longhorn by handy_vandal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to mention the XP T-shirts that say "Yes you can." (Thanks for the permission by the way ;)

    The new slogan for Longhorn should read:

    "Yes, you must."

    -kgj

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    -kgj