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Bashing MS 'Like Kicking a Puppy,' Says Jim Zemlin
jbrodkin writes "Two decades after Linus Torvalds developed his famous operating system kernel, the battle between Linux and Microsoft is over and Linux has won, says Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin. With the one glaring exception of the desktop computer, Linux has outpaced Microsoft in nearly every market, including server-side computing and mobile, Zemlin claims. 'I think we just don't care that much [about Microsoft] anymore,' Zemlin said. 'They used to be our big rival, but now it's kind of like kicking a puppy.' From Android and the Amazon Kindle to embedded devices, consumer electronics and the world's largest websites and supercomputers, 'Linux has come to dominate almost every category of computing, with the exception of the desktop,' Zemlin argues as Linux approaches its 20th anniversary."
This being /., it looks like we're in for a whole lot of puppy-kicking.
"Director of foundation says his foundation is doing very well. More at 11."
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
More like kicking an old, weak, sick, blind-in-one-eye, arthritic dog...
I will create a sig when innovation restarts in the U.S.
I was somewhat gratified to see this. I've been feeling somewhat guilty about my growing tendency to feel sort of sorry for MS lately. See, I didn't even type "M$" like I certainly would have a few years ago. What with all the i-things and the Desktop is dead and we'll do everything on a little hand-sized touch-screen now they seem to be moving from the Great Defective Monster to simply Irrelevant. Rather than kicking a puppy, it's like kicking your grandfather. He can't remember who you are, but he's kind of upset by it.
...right after the world ends in 2012.
Citation required.
I prefer a shaved pussy over a trouser snake any day.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Oh no not this shit again. I'm going to go make popcorn.
today is spelling optional day.
Damn, where are my mod points? Mod parent up, mod me offtopic.
Mod points are like cops, they're never there when you need them.
Free Martian Whores!
I find that samba3 works better for basic Windows file sharing than Windows servers do. What it's missing is AD, which is the point of samba4. If and when samba4 is of the same quality and maturity as samba3, I agree with the GP. There really isn't going to be a lot of reason to have Windows on the enterprise server anymore.