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B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Thursday 27 July 2006 22:56 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Ballmer: Software is becoming a service
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Acknowledging the software industry is undergoing a radical
>> | transformation, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday that his
>> | company is moving rapidly to create products that can be funded by
>> | ads and served up over the Internet.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6099198.html?tag=nefd.top
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/27/microsoft_financial_analysts_summit/
> ----[Quote]
> So stepped up Bob Muglia, senior vice president for server and tools, to set
> a more upbeat tone on the struggle between Windows and Linux. Having been
> trounced by Linux on growth rates, Muglia predicted Windows would make its
> comeback in the next 18 months.
Windows will be making a comeback in /18 months/? What planet are these
people on? Linux was started around 1991, the GNU project was started
back in 1983 - 23 years ago! I can't see Windows having any realistic
chance of a comeback, to be honest.
> Muglia said Windows had lagged Linux in
> high performance computing, the web and security, but Microsoft is taking
> steps to address these markets.
Steps?
>
> Measures taken include the launch of Windows Compute Cluster Server for HPC,
> deals with a series of OEMs to build small form factor edge-of-network
> security devices on Windows, and changes in Windows and IIS to address the
> combined power of Linux and Apache.
Well, so long as we know who the OEMs are, we know who to avoid, I
suppose. The last thing the whole /planet/ would like to see is some
idiot trying to use Windows as a security device. I cannot imagine
anything more stupid. Even our wintrolls here don't argue for that,
and they're about as rabid in their support for anything pro-MS as you're
likely to ever come across.
These guys have /really/ lost it.
>
> Muglia expects a turn around in HPC and the web this year, but security will
> take 18 months. But, hey, who's counting?
Hahahahah! That's funny. MS are just going to bang off a few
supercomputers this year, and replace lamp stacks all over the web?
This is insane. The only way MS are able to dent the netcraft figures
is by _paying_ hosting companies to park their /unused/ domains on Windows
machines.
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