Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>> Vista's costumer is not the user. It's a lot of other
>> establishments and billionaires.
>
> That is a very good point to make about Windows in general, not just
> Vista.
Windows is not so much an operating system, as a springboard "platform"
for license-based commerce, which is why other companies that sell (or
think they depend on) so-called "IP", flock to the Windows platform, and
(until recently) shun the Linux platform. However, as more companies
begin to realise that customers don't give a damn about IP; despise its
prohibitive restrictions; and need greater flexibility in terms of both
licensing and functionality, they will inevitably end up moving towards
a SOA model based on Free Software.
Ballmer knows this, just as he knows the days of that dinosaur Windows
are numbered, which is why he so relentlessly pursues Google, and wastes
money on dotcom acquisitions hoping for the magic bullet to kill their
arch rivals, in a desperate attempt to prevent Microsoft slipping into
the abyss.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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