Re: [News] Ballmer Suddenly Pretends Linux Not a Threat

[John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Steve Ballmer at EPS
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | One question from the floor was answered in an interesting
> | way. It concerned the threat of Linux, and the surprising
> | (but in retrospect obvious) answer was that Linux wasn't
> | the threat, it was new business models that were the threat.
> `----
>
> http://bankervision.typepad.com/bankervision/2006/10/steve_ballmer_a.html
>
> Interesting. In the a recent press conference he listed it as
> one of the top threats, alongside Google. It's a form of FUD
> when someone disregards a known threat.

Ballmer's right.   It's the Internet machinery that can product "a 
Linux" which is more of a threat.   In fact, it's already producing 
scores of Linux distroes.

At some point there may be enough developers and market share on the net 
that not only are there distroes, but kernel branches and, other Unixes 
or simply OSes which are not Linux.

I mean, what's stopping someone from rolling an OSS/OS that's ground up 
built...especially with all the new hardware and graphics chips around 
today, maybe it's time to clean house and start all over again.

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Texeme Construct