Microsoft Gripes, Linux Enthusiasm
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| Readers slam Microsoft Windows and the company in general, share their
| excitement over the next Ubuntu Linux.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144397-c,linux/article.html
"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system. And there is a
lot of work being done to improve it in and of itself, particularly to make it
easier to use and easier for people to set up on their personal computers."
--Paul Maritz, senior vice-president, Microsoft
Yesterday:
Analysts: Windows' monolith design collapsing
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| They also observe that Microsoft's emphasis on a single core for all variants
| on an operating system makes even 2001's Windows XP less practical on some
| platforms. On notebooks such as the Eee PC or Classmate PC, XP consumes twice
| as much storage as custom Linux installations, which ASUS, Intel, and others
| often use to pare down the size of the OS without sacrificing the features
| they need.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/04/09/gartner.on.win.monolith/
Recent:
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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