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Microsoft starts a FUD war against open-source Symbian
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| That didn't take long. Nokia announced just last week that it would be open
| sourcing Symbian, the world's top mobile operating system by market share,
| and a few days later Microsoft has started a FUD war against the move.
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| The ironic thing in this Microsoft FUD offensive is that it's using precisely
| the wrong example from open source to wage the war: Linux. While it could
| have found some examples of open source that fragments, is more costly than
| proprietary software, etc.,
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| Try competing on the quality of your product. In mobile, Microsoft has always
| been an also-ran. This will not change until Microsoft stops believing its
| own FUD and actually invests more heavily in its mobile initiatives, by which
| I mean in its technology, not in its marketing. Windows Mobile has never been
| very good, even back in the early days when I competed with them while at
| Lineo. It's time for an upgrade, Microsoft.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9980413-16.html
Related:
There is a light that never goes out
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| "Microsoft has been in the Linux news again, with their Tony Soprano-like
| CEO Steve Ballmer claiming 'the fact that Linux uses our intellectual
| property is a problem for our shareholders.' Problem indeed, as if this
| were true then Microsoft is not getting paid for their 'Intellectual
| Property' by all those millions of infringing Linux users out there.
| That means you, especially if you're reading this magazine. It
| definitely includes me. I don't remember sending my tribute to
| 'Capo' Ballmer for all my Linux installs, and he thinks I owe him.
|
| "But 'Intellectual Property' is a weasel phrase..."
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http://samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point/column23.html
Why Linux Will Turn Microsoft's Ballmer Into A Boy Named Sue
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| Microsoft is between a rock and a hard place. Google is eating its
| lunch on the Internet, and big PC vendors like Dell are warming up
| to Linux. What to do? Sue, Sue, Sue.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/05/why_linux_will.html
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