__/ [ Linuxiac <"at yahoo.com "> ] on Tuesday 20 February 2007 22:51 \__
> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>> 'I tell our people it's a little bit like people have used Linux five or
>> six years ago: we had a significant operating system competitor for the
>> first time in a few years. We've obviously done very, very well against
>> Linux over the last five years, either gaining or holding share'
>>
>> 'We have done very well versus Linux on the desktop and on the server'
>>
>> "I would not anticipate that we make a huge additional revenue stream
>> from our Novell deal, but I do think it clearly establishes that open
>> source is not free,"
>>
>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/F1BDC941E758CE0BCC25728800190E5
>> 8
>
> Actually, Microsoft is losing $1 billion a week outside the US, in lost
> renewals of licenses, not to mention the lost $1 billion per month in
> the Americas.
>
> Microsoft lost the war for the Internet Servers. All of the Fortune
> 1,000 run GNU/Linux somewhere in their enterprise. So, the foot is in
> the door.
>
> Vista has become the best marketing tool for conversion to GNU/Linux
> that anyone has ever seen!
Ballmer should/deserves to take some of the blame. In the past, people said
that there were CIOs who admired Bill Gates and thought who would buy
anything but Microsoft. Ballmer makes that latter type grow by the day...
and it shows.
Microsoft profit on slide
,----[ Quote ]
| Some analysts are looking for any signs of improvement from
| Microsoft's internet division, which continues to lose market
| share in web search to Google.
|
| Microsoft's online services group saw revenue fall for the last
| four quarters and posted a loss in the past three quarters while
| it shifted to a new internet advertising platform and overhauled
| the company's web properties.
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While some people may still be locked in to a desktop platform, the Web
browser allows them to make informed choice at will. servers,
virtualisation, and a service-oriented approach to applications have
liberated many organisations.
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