Of Microsoft, GNU/Linux and Boiled Asses' Heads
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| Despite Microsoft's characteristically upbeat spin on the latest decision,
| its volte-face on Windows XP shows that it has been caught wrong-footed with
| the rise of the ultraportables.
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| If it hasn't and doesn't, you won't need asses' heads, sieves and shears,
| howling dogs or cheese to predict that a lot of chairs are going to be
| thrown.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsoft-gnulinux-and-boiled-asses-heads
See the first link below. Microsoft gives away XP for almost nothing (to ASUS,
for a fact). It's hardly surprising that Linux is its #1, as the second link
shows. It's in a situation more seriously bad than most people realise.
Recent:
Microsoft's SEC:
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| A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system...
| To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
| of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
| our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline.
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http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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