____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 January 2008 08:28 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Microsoft cans key conference
>>
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>>| SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has decided that it does not love its popular
>>| Mobile and Embedded DevCon any more and has pulled the plug.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/16/microsoft-cans-key-conference
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> The mobility and embedded spheres are very much linux territory now.
A short while ago, I shared this with Thad:
Open season on OSes
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| According to the "2007 Embedded Market Study," Embedded Systems Design
| magazine's survey of embedded designers, the use of commercial operating
| systems is trending downward, while the use of open-source OSes is on the
| rise. On one hand, this comes as no surprise. On the other, it's alarming.
| Let me explain.
|
| [...]
|
| In attempt to cover all bets, some of the commercial OS vendors, including
| Wind River, have a Linux offering. But the jury is still out on whether
| that's a working strategy.
|
| In my opinion, the vendors with the more well-known versions of Linux, à la
| MontaVista, will be most successful.
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205602076
Also see:
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| Looking ahead, 87% percent of Linux users plan to use Linux in their next
| project. In both cases, use of free distributions outnumbered use of paid
| distributions by a sizable margin.
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http://software.tekrati.com/research/9436/
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~~ Best of wishes
Microsoft loves competition.
"We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger….If you’re going to kill
someone, there isn’t much reason to get all worked up about it and angry. You
just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need
to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger."
--Jim Allchin, Platform Group Vice President, Microsoft
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