OSDL CEO: Microsoft Has to Accept Linux

PenguinCandidate writes "The OSDL's Stuart Cohen has been in the news lately following a clandestine meeting with Microsoft about a dubiously independent TCO study; a study that has since been rejected by the OSDL. The idea of an independent Windows/Linux TCO comparison may be dead, but did Cohen have an additional card up his sleeve? In this interview, Cohen states that while he "awaits the reply from MS's Martin Taylor on the results of his internal investigation" into how an off-the-record meeting became public, he will continue to promote his belief that MS will eventually have to accept Linux as customer demand increases."

Comments

It seems inevitable.

[hungrygrue]

Linux users already outnumber Mac users. Linux is growing fast, and estimates are hard to pin down of the shear size of the user base since there are no receipts or other records for most of us. My computer came with Windows installed originally, even though I have never used Windows on it or any other machine in over a decade. As far as the sales records go, I am a Microsoft customer. I have purchased CDs for any distro, I have always downloaded CD (and long ago floppy) images. Since Google's Zeitgeist no longer lists OS and browser statistics, here's a good site to check out: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.a sp

Re:Y'know what's curious?

[Mr. Sketch]

You're right. I also just sent money and can't do much else, except check the news feeds. There are some impressive before/after satellite images here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/ne w-orleans-imagery.htm

Re:Already accepted

[nocomment]

Funny little known fact. Microsoft runs Linux. My predecessor here at my job, left to go work for Microsofts Xbox division managing their Linux developer stations, because a lot of the Xbox developers wanted to develop on Linux (note: this wasn't MS developers wanted to run Linux but third party and so MS had to support it becuase they wanted the developers more than they wanted a pissing match.

Re:No. Microsoft does accept it

[DenDave]

What is the "core market" of something that no-one owns, no-one manages and has no mission plan? "Linux" has no "core market", there merely many systems using linux based OS' in a scattering of roles. Microsoft attacks these roles according to value. The Desktop is mucho value for MS and as such, MS is sticking the FUDge everywhere. Ditto for the application server. Webhosts contain no added value for MS, the scale is too big the profits too low. However, MS will attack the corporate intranet servers as this is a niche in the webserver market, it's actually slowly moving towards the application server! Embedded is of value and MS is on the move, same with media/entertainement.