__/ [ John Bailo ] on Wednesday 10 January 2007 19:17 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Micro_soft_ is becoming a hardware vendor.
>> Which reminds me... Apple unveiled the iPhone today and simultaneously
>> they renamed the company from Apple Computers Corp. to Apple Corp. They
>> will work with Cingular on their cellphone. The mobile industry already
>> seems rathe fearful, Microsoft included. I think it was Nokia, as well as
>> Microsoft, which has begun a gentle FUD wave against the iPhone.
>
> Microsoft and Apple are trying to match each other one for one. And
> they are both doing a good job at it.
>
> But here's the interesting part -- at the very core of both companies is
> their real foundation: an operating system. OSX and Windows.
>
> Both of these "cores" are inferior to Linux. Both Apple and Microsoft
> would advance their businesses if they simply gave up and started using
> Linux for all their "spin off" enterprises. There is simply no
> advantage to them pursuing all these cool electronic webs while riding
> on top of slow, buggy, bad software.
>
> And they would save money to by going to Linux.
With the GPL, they would not be able to compete. They would rather stick to
selling bad rubbish while public ignorance lasts.
While they're at it, they can throw some money at further disinformation and
litigation (e.g. SCO), which buy them more lifetime.
--
~~ Best regards
Roy S. Schestowitz | Useless fact: Brazil spans 47.8% of S. America
http://Schestowitz.com | GNU/Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
Swap: 1036184k total, 452812k used, 583372k free, 39636k cached
http://iuron.com - next generation of search paradigms
|
|
