Software patents are nonsensical. MS is worried people will flee their authoritarian software tyranny, and switch to Linux. Their dubious patent threats will not stop people from seeking freedom.
If a simple range of products at "sensible" spaced prices was the key to "taking MS on the desktop", Apple's market share would be much higher than it is now. It's about freedom. Linux lets you run what OS you want, on the computer you want to run it on, unlike MS and Apple.
20% market share in 5 years? I think you are confusing Mac OS X with Linux. I don't consider milking a small group of consumers with their over priced computers "taking MS on the desktop". Linux will benefit the most from Vista. Linux can be run on almost any computer, try that with Mac OS X or Vista.
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Software patents are nonsensical. MS is worried people will flee their authoritarian software tyranny, and switch to Linux. Their dubious patent threats will not stop people from seeking freedom.
Is it fast enough to run Vista?
One message gets a virus, so they delete EVERYTHING. This is not suprising, coming from the creator of Microsoft Bob 2......... I mean Vista.
It was supposed to be a score:5 funny sarcastic comment, but I guess i messed it up. Mod me down score:-5 not funny.
Is that the size of the next MS OS?
I never would have thought a company with such high integrity would want to do that.
If a simple range of products at "sensible" spaced prices was the key to "taking MS on the desktop", Apple's market share would be much higher than it is now. It's about freedom. Linux lets you run what OS you want, on the computer you want to run it on, unlike MS and Apple.
20% market share in 5 years? I think you are confusing Mac OS X with Linux. I don't consider milking a small group of consumers with their over priced computers "taking MS on the desktop". Linux will benefit the most from Vista. Linux can be run on almost any computer, try that with Mac OS X or Vista.
I doubt Apple will ever gain significant market share as long as Mac OS X requires a Mac.