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____/ Mark Kent on Monday 04 Jan 2010 16:45 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> ____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 03 Jan 2010 23:18 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>> Looking forward to 2010. Part 1 â Killing Windows Mobile to save it.
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>>>> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014697o-2000675210b,00.htm
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>>>> 10 reasons why Microsoft must buy Palm now
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>>>> http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/10-reasons-why-Microsoft-must-buy-Palm-now/1262120907
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>>> Didn't I just say this yesterday? Anyway, MS and Palm are probably on
>>> their last legs... Palm might well recover, but only if MS let them get
>>> on with it.
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>> Palm uses a lot of GPL code now. Microsoft won't buy that.
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>
> Not without rebuilding their business model, for sure. It will take a
> very brave senior management board to do what's really required at
> Microsoft.
>
>> Imagine Microsoft as a Linux /distributor/!
>
> It's tough, I agree. Can you imagine just how much re-training they'd
> need for all of their staff, from the back-end support folk through to
> the front-end sales, and everyone in between.
>
>>
>> Remember what happened to SCO/Caldera claims after they had distributed
>> Linux.
>
> To be fair, that was MS funded, though.
They've had it going for over 6 years. That's the best $30 million or so they've ever spent.
Microsoft did something similar with TomTom and others.
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