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Linus On The Future Of Microsoft

Posted by Zonk on from the crystal-ball-activated dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a pretty good interview with Linus over at Good Morning Silicon Valley. The discussion seems focused predominantly on the future of proprietary software and what the tech landscape might look like if Microsoft's market share declines. 'Says Linus: I do not believe that anything can "replace" Microsoft in the market that MS is right now. Instead, what I think happens is that markets mature, and as they mature and become commoditized, the kind of dominant player like MS just doesn't happen any more. You don't have another dominant player coming in and taking its place -- to find a new dominant player you actually have to start looking at a totally different market altogether.'"

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  1. 1998 called by The+Bungi · · Score: 4, Funny

    He wants his story back.

    1. Re:1998 called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, 1996 is on hold for you on line 2.

      Something about a joke.

    2. Re:1998 called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I took the message. It was just a voice mail forward from 1994 about desktop-Linux-something-or-other.

  2. Interview with Linus !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    OMG .. Im gonna faint !!! Hail our Kernel-writing overlord !!

  3. Re:Future of Microsoft? by node+3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Easy - take a long hard look at IBM.

    Exactly. When IBM's consumer software market dried up, they simply moved more focus onto their hardware.

    MS will do the same, and when their consumer software market dries up, they'll focus on selling mice and keyboards for Linux and Mac PCs.

  4. Re:Why Isn't There A Microsoft Section? by mpontes · · Score: 4, Funny
    I really wanted to make a "You must be new here" reply for the first time. However, before you mod me Troll, please think of what my [emacs] psychologist said to me this morning: that I'm only doing this because I have a high user-id and that intimidates me, so I am desperatly trying to fit in the /. crowd by acting like your average /bot.

    Or, if you prefer the Freudian approach: penis.

    How come no other topic beside Microsoft gets that kind of immature treatment?

    You must be new here.

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  5. Re:Why Isn't There A Microsoft Section? by MmmmAqua · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, and they should get rid of the Gates borg icon. It was never funny, and it just looks so lame and childish. How come no other topic beside Microsoft gets that kind of immature treatment?

    You must be new here.

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  6. Linus *On* the future of Microsoft by soupdevil · · Score: 4, Funny

    You misspelled *Is*.

  7. Re:OS Competition Is Useless by Stanistani · · Score: 4, Funny

    >unless Microsoft goes the way of the dodo...

    Actually, I see Microsoft going the way of the Passenger Pigeon

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  8. Re:"Like open source"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    He's behind you.

  9. Re:Future of Microsoft? by Dasch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft is...well...too "micro" and "soft"...

    No, that's just ol' Billieboy's penis you're thinking about...

  10. Re:Disagree, it's about innovation, not size. by RWerp · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Titanic was built by professionals. When Noah built the Arch he was an amateur ...

    ... with a wealthy sponsor.

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