This is not meant as a troll, but...
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You people are so predictable. This thread will fill up with about 500+ replies, most of them to the effect "Well, it's MSNBC that's saying so..."
To those of you who will respond that way instead of thoughtfully thinking about the article, I say to you that you are pathetic individuals. You live with your head in the sand.
To those of you who actually read the article and post something brave like "maybe they have a point" I congratulate you, especially if you're a pro-linux person. You can see the reality that is our world.
Will IBM be making any considerations to those companies who have a lot invested in AS/400's in helping them convert all of their in-house applications to Linux? Or is this going to be used to fill a separate niche?
This project is in its early stages. However, I wonder if and when the business/marketing plan for this thing is developed that woz will consider the lessons learned from Apple pricing themselves out of the market?
How many Xbox's is your enterprise going to buy to run their business? =)
I agree with you that software is more business geared than to the consumer in most instances. However, Microsoft is targetting the consumer market as what will thrust them into the media/content/home electronics/toys/etc arena.
My mom doesn't give a damn about Oracle or RedHat or id. She knows that when she turns on her computer, she sees the Microsoft logo. That's what runs her software and lets her use her computer (appliance).
The examples you mentioned are involved with the computer industry. Microsoft is looking beyond that; they want to get into more of the arena I mentioned above. Who knows? You may someday see the Microsoft logo on a jar of peanut butter.
Microsoft has already established itself as the vendor of consumer software. The media seems to be the next logical step. Think about it. What companies are successful (successful==profitable most of the time)? The companies that market directly to consumers (Wal-Mart, Coca Cola, Disney, et. al).
I've been saying it for the last 18 months to my colleagues: Microsoft will change itself into a media giant. Why? So they can beat out AOL/Time Warner and be the mega corporation. The Xbox and UltimateTV are only the first steps..NET will find its way into our televisions before too long and before we know it, we won't be paying any more mind to it as some people do the Timex logo on their wristwatch.
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he only speaks the truth.
Or are you just glad to see me?
Moron. It's I'd.
You people are so predictable. This thread will fill up with about 500+ replies, most of them to the effect "Well, it's MSNBC that's saying so..."
To those of you who will respond that way instead of thoughtfully thinking about the article, I say to you that you are pathetic individuals. You live with your head in the sand.
To those of you who actually read the article and post something brave like "maybe they have a point" I congratulate you, especially if you're a pro-linux person. You can see the reality that is our world.
There goes my meal ticket.
Why not create an RPG runtime environment/compiler?
Will IBM be making any considerations to those companies who have a lot invested in AS/400's in helping them convert all of their in-house applications to Linux? Or is this going to be used to fill a separate niche?
This project is in its early stages. However, I wonder if and when the business/marketing plan for this thing is developed that woz will consider the lessons learned from Apple pricing themselves out of the market?
How many Xbox's is your enterprise going to buy to run their business? =)
I agree with you that software is more business geared than to the consumer in most instances. However, Microsoft is targetting the consumer market as what will thrust them into the media/content/home electronics/toys/etc arena.
My mom doesn't give a damn about Oracle or RedHat or id. She knows that when she turns on her computer, she sees the Microsoft logo. That's what runs her software and lets her use her computer (appliance).
The examples you mentioned are involved with the computer industry. Microsoft is looking beyond that; they want to get into more of the arena I mentioned above. Who knows? You may someday see the Microsoft logo on a jar of peanut butter.
Microsoft has already established itself as the vendor of consumer software. The media seems to be the next logical step. Think about it. What companies are successful (successful==profitable most of the time)? The companies that market directly to consumers (Wal-Mart, Coca Cola, Disney, et. al).
I've been saying it for the last 18 months to my colleagues: Microsoft will change itself into a media giant. Why? So they can beat out AOL/Time Warner and be the mega corporation. The Xbox and UltimateTV are only the first steps. .NET will find its way into our televisions before too long and before we know it, we won't be paying any more mind to it as some people do the Timex logo on their wristwatch.