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Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google
thefickler writes "According to Bill Gates' successor Craig Mundie, there would have been no Google without Microsoft. 'I mean, the fact is: Google's existence and success required Microsoft to have been successful previously to create the platform that allowed them to go on and connect people to their search servers. Now, Microsoft's business is not to control the platform per se, but in fact to allow it to be exploited by the world's developers. The fact that we have it out there gives us a good business, but in some ways it doesn't give us an advantage over any of the other developers in terms of being able to utilize it.' This comment comes from a lengthy interview between Mundie and APC magazine, which talks with the newly installed strategy and R&D head. Other interesting topics discussed include the future of Microsoft and Windows, OOXML, and and the 'rise of Linux' on the desktop."
My greatest wish is that suddenly, all M$ based computers in the world refused to boot...ever again.
My linux boxen and the internet would continue to roll right along. Only the great fools of the world who continue to use M$ junk would be in a great panic. Then we could say "there, there, it'll be all right. We're just going to show you how to use the internet using this 'linux' thing you may have heard about. Comes with an internet browser called firefox, that you might have used on your windose box..." And yes, we can replace your websites and servers that were foolishly based on windoze boxen, with linux servers. We'll have you back up in no time... Note that google is still running. Note that my laptop is still running. Note that intelligent businesses using linux are still running. So much for that "the world runs on M$ nonsense..."