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Microsoft Decides To Take On Linux On Low-Cost PCs
e5rebel writes "Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs. It is an effort to stop Linux dominating this market but Microsoft is insisting on limiting the hardware specs of these devices."
did you get the job, or let your prejudices overwhelm you?
"You know you don't act like a scientist, you're more like a game show host." Dana Barret
It's amazing how Slashdot always seems to think everything Microsoft does is somehow about Teh Lunix.
I hate to be the one to break a sad truth to you guys... but Teh Lunix isn't even a player in the OS market. They have a less than 2% share of the market. There isn't a company in the history of mankind which needs to focus it's business decisions based on what a competitor with less than 2% of the market is doing... especially when that company's various products hold about 94% of the market.
Get over it, guys. It wasnt that Lunix lost the OS war... it's that they weren't ever even a contender. Apple is the only competition MS has to concern themselves with, and that's only in the home market.
Guess what the REAL reason MS is going into the low cost PC market? CONSUMER DEMAND.
The sad reality hits Slashdot like a ton of bricks.
Things will get worse if Microsoft gets away with this. Vendors have agreed to limit their lines, this weakens their position considerably because they will be investing in things the Soft considers harmless. If it's not harmless enough, they can demand production quotas and further restrictions.
I wonder what they offered besides XP? It's not like Microsoft has a winner on its hands with Vista, aka the OS 90% of people do not want.