Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> To Microsoft: Hurry up, please, it's time
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> | But the bulk of Microsoft's revenue still comes from Windows and Office.
> | Now, with virtualization, and Linux and the Web as our virtual operating
> | systems, the importance of Windows is fast diminishing and the premier
> | desktop application suite, Office, will soon follow suit.
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> http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/009051.html
This is a revelation that thin clients are the way to go for the future. I
find this conclusion interesting:
| The truth is Microsoft carries within itself its own seeds of destruction.
| Built into to the very DNA of the company and its products is the need to
| feed off the computer to survive.
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| But if Scott McNealy's original statement, "the network is the computer"
| is true as it appears to be then computer is not the computer and
| Microsoft with all of its money will not be able to feed off its current
| revenue stream and it will starve to death.
With European Union economic GDP buying power being equivalent in 2005 to US
(according to CIA Fact Book), they are looking for independence from
outside economies.
A thin client Linux implementation in ROM would be cost effective. It would
add new meaning to web TV.
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