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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 Doesn't Compete with Apple by GaryPatterson · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Apple is a hardware company, which makes an OS to sell the computers (and now iPhones). Added to the hardware business is now a media business based in iTunes, which reinforces the hardware business (through selling iPods).

    Microsoft is a software company, with a tiny smattering of peripherals (keyboards, mice).

    While Microsoft and Apple compete for attention, they're in different markets. Microsoft doesn't make PCs and Apple doesn't sell OS X for any PC.