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[News] [Rival] Ballmer Pulled a "Chimp Show" Again, Denies Plans for Microsoft Phone

Ballmer's Gunning For the "Other Company"

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| Mr. Ballmer got visibly excited -- shouting, arm-waving,
| lurching-forward-and-back-in-his-chair excited -- when
| talking about Microsoft's third-place showing in the
| online-advertising race...
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http://blogs.wsj.com/dnotebook/2007/05/30/ballmers-gunning-for-the-other-company/?mod=yahoo_hs

CEO: Microsoft Won't Make a Cell Phone

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| "I don't actually think it will make sense for us to make a cell
| phone," Ballmer said, speaking at The Wall Street Journal's "D: All
| Things Digital" conference in Carlsbad, Calif.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070530/microsoft_ceo.html?.v=1

A new study showed that Microsoft will stay with the 6% market share they
have whereas Linux will jump beyond 40% within a few years.


Related:

Behavior May Suggest We're Not Only Human

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| When Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal read a news story that
| said Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, had hurled a chair
| across the room on hearing an employee was going to work for rival
| Google, the scientist immediately made a connection with his own
| research: "When I see such behavior, I think of a chimpanzee."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031801130.html?nav=rss_nation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballmer#Public_persona


Get a deep insight into the Smartphone Operating Systems Industry 

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| A growing number of handsets vendors are showing interest in Linux
| and a majority of the key handset vendors already sell Linux devices
| in some markets. The stability and openness of Linux can well outweigh
| the disadvantage of continued platform fragmentation, resulting in
| more models on more market from several manufacturers. Together,
| various open Linux platforms, including Palm?s new Linux-based
| inhouse Palm OS version, are estimated to account for nearly 41
| percent of the worldwide smartphone market in 2012. 
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070529005434&newsLang=en
http://tinyurl.com/2qpe2t


Linux grabs 30% of China's fast-growing smartphone market

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| China consumed 15 million smartphones in 2006, up from 10 million
| units in 2005, resulting in more than doubling of smartphone
| revenues, according to Chinese market research firm CCID Consulting
| Company. Symbian controlled 63.2 percent of the market, followed by
| Linux (30.3 percent) and Windows Mobile (5.4 percent). 
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9419753617.html


Nokia smartphones become more "Linux-like"

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| Nokia has taken a significant step toward making its most popular
| smartphone software platform appeal more to corporate and
| third-party application developers. Working with Symbian Ltd.,
| Nokia has integrated "Linux-like" support for normal C applications
| into its Symbian-based S60 smartphone software stack. 
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4545938946.html


Nokia holds lead in smartphone market as Symbian enters battle with Linux,
says ABI Research

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| ABI Research's new report, "Smartphones and the OS Market" found that
| there is a growing need to save on software bill of materials as handset
| ASPs continue to spiral downwards. This trend has been highlighted
| by Symbian's decision to lower its license fees, and by an
| increasing interest in Linux.
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http://www.tekrati.com/research/News.asp?id=8609


70 percent of smartphones use Symbian

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| At 3GSM it became clear that 70 percent of all smartphones use Symbian.
| 
| Linux accounts for 16.9 percent of the smartphone market and only
| 4.6 percent uses Microsoft Windows Mobile.
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http://www.dvhardware.net/article17134.html


UIQ: to open or to open source?

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| A move to open source by UIQ would also put Nokia under pressure
| to re-evaluate S60 software licence structures and fees. It
| would additionally provide the Symbian ecosystem with a rival
| to emerging open source, Linux-based handset platforms, which
| looks set to become increasingly potent forces over the
| next few years.
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http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=5437


FEATURE: Mobile Linux: Why it will become the dominant mobile OS

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| I see the mobile Linux wave out in the ocean and am sounding the
| alarm--the mobile Linux tide is rising. Be prepared.
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http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/feature-mobile-linux-why-it-will-become-the-dominant-mobile-os/2007-01-03


Linux expected to be leading Smartphone OS market by 2010

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| I just came across this research by Diffusion Group, which found
| that Linux is set to become the leading Smartphone OS by 2010.
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http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/linux-to-take-over-smartphone-os-market-by-2010/

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