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The Penguin gets more pence:
More and more computer software developers and hardware manufacturers are taking a long hard look at Linux as a real option. Microsoft's insistence on machine-gunning their own foot by pushing a tablet-oriented OS to the PC is definitely benefiting Linux. I get the feeling HP is setting up a bolt-hole in the event Win8 falls on its tile-shaped face.
Additionally, Valve is pushing their Linux Steam client into beta this month. If they can get large enough mass of developers and established IPs to commit to selling through that portal (pardon the pun), it could be the beginning of the end for Microsoft's dominance on the PC platform.
Moreover, I don't think Microsoft is going to be able to compete effectively with iOS and Android on the mobile side of things. That's a viciously competitive market with little tolerance for the fumbles and foibles typical of Microsoft's business model. If my experience with a Windows Phone -- i.e., the worst electronic device I've ever owned -- is any indication, they're in for a royal ass-whoopin'.
Hewlett-Packard has upgraded its Linux Foundation membership level to Platinum from Gold, the non-profit consortium dedicated to the promotion, protection, and improvement of Linux announced over the weekend. As a Platinum member, HP will have to part with $500,000 annually — until now it was paying $100,000 as a Gold member — in return for the right to sit on the Foundation’s board of directors alongside Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm Innovation Center, and Samsung.
More and more computer software developers and hardware manufacturers are taking a long hard look at Linux as a real option. Microsoft's insistence on machine-gunning their own foot by pushing a tablet-oriented OS to the PC is definitely benefiting Linux. I get the feeling HP is setting up a bolt-hole in the event Win8 falls on its tile-shaped face.
Additionally, Valve is pushing their Linux Steam client into beta this month. If they can get large enough mass of developers and established IPs to commit to selling through that portal (pardon the pun), it could be the beginning of the end for Microsoft's dominance on the PC platform.
Moreover, I don't think Microsoft is going to be able to compete effectively with iOS and Android on the mobile side of things. That's a viciously competitive market with little tolerance for the fumbles and foibles typical of Microsoft's business model. If my experience with a Windows Phone -- i.e., the worst electronic device I've ever owned -- is any indication, they're in for a royal ass-whoopin'.
posted by Jar(egg)head at 08:32
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Very cool to hear about the HP move and the Linux Steam client. It's been a long road of slow acceptance for Linux since I first played with Slackware Linux in 1998 or so. Probably to be expected for an OS and community that has been so decentralized from the beginning.
As to Microsoft, there is a quote from an interview that I'm quoting here that sums it it I think.
"Microsoft's orbit was made possible by a Saturn 5 booster called IBM.... So they have 2 characteristic. I think they are very strong opportunists. And I don't meant that in a bad way. And 2, they are like the japanese. They just keep on coming. And now, they were able to do that because of the revenue stream from the IBM deal. But nonetheless they made the most of it and I gave them a lot of credit for that. The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste, and what that means is... I don't mean that in a small way, I meant that in a big way in the sense that they don't think of original ideas. And they don't bring much culture into their products.... I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have the problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products. Their products have no spirit to them. Their products have no... sort of spirit of enlightenment about them. They are very pedestrian....Microsoft is just.. McDonalds. And that's what saddened me. Not that they have won, but that Microsoft products don't displayed more insight and more creativity."
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