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Microsoft Sees Linux As Bigger Competitor Than Apple

Posted by timothy on from the third-place-is-interesting-too dept.

Facetious writes "It seems Microsoft doesn't believe the data from Net Applications regarding Linux any more than Slashdot readers do. In a recent presentation, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed a slide showing, from Microsoft's internal analysis, that Linux client use is clearly ahead of Apple's."

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  1. Microsoft confirms it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple is dieing..

    1. Re:Microsoft confirms it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's because they use BSD.

    2. Re:Microsoft confirms it! by stewbacca · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apple is dieing..

      Really? Are they making toy metal cars in their die cast process?

    3. Re:Microsoft confirms it! by mcgrew · · Score: 3, Funny

      Apple is dieing its hair.

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    4. Re:Microsoft confirms it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Because gentlemen prefer blondes, and so do queers.

    5. Re:Microsoft confirms it! by Faylone · · Score: 3, Funny

      Perhaps, but isn't this kinda a bad context to bring up lynching?

    6. Re:Microsoft confirms it! by eechuah · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's clear to me now! Microsoft is Terran, Apple are the Protoss and Linux is the Zerg...

  2. Re:Apple OS != Linux? by Hatta · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whereas Linux is just certifiable.

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  3. Re:as soon as os x for all pc comes out M$ will be by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 3, Funny

    as soon as os x for all pc comes out M$ will be carping there pants.

    Why would MS put a fish in their pants?

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  4. Re:They aren't in the same business by rbanffy · · Score: 4, Funny

    SQL Server comes as a distant third, BTW.

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  5. Do you know what DRM means? by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

    "That word, you keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means..." - Inigo Montoya, "The Princess Bride".

  6. Terminator quote (paraphrased) by johnny+cashed · · Score: 5, Funny

    (to microsoft)

    Listen, and understand. That linux is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

  7. Re:Makes sense... by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or do you ask everyone you walk by if they use Linux?

    Walk? That's when you use your feet to drag you and your chair across the floor rather than pushing off against a wall or furniture, right?

  8. Re:Makes sense... by slyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, I know more than one Mac user who uses dual-boot with Windows...

    MY GOODNESS...

    This shocking revelation surely means that OS X is definitely not ready for the desktop yet. What will Apple do?

  9. Re:They aren't in the same business by ignavus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I regard Microsoft keyboards and mice as the nicest products they sell.

    And I had a Microsoft Vacuum Cleaner. It didn't suck either.

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  10. Re:Duh by Tom · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, what's there to think about? There are literally millions of companies who are doing well in a local market and don't matter on a global scale. There are easily hundreds, if not thousands of international corporations who do 90%+ of their business in the US and Europe.

    Success and failure of a company shouldn't be measured by what some fanboys or freaks would wish for, but by the company goals. I don't think Apple has ever listed "market domination in Africa" on their list.

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