MArk Shuttleworth's statement here https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/10/30/statement-on-ibm-acquisition-of-red-hat I make no comment.
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 00:18, Gerald Henriksen <ghenr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:49:05 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > > >> "Will Amazon, Google, and Microsoft now run out and buy SUSE, Ubuntu, > >> Apache, etc? Yes. > >> > >> "Will there be a mad rush to create new Linux distros? No. I think that > boat > >> has already sailed and further Linux branding won?t happen, at least > not for > >> traditional business reasons. > > > >Google already has one. It's called "Android". Microsoft has been > >flirting with Linux for the first time in forever as every one of their > >efforts to compete with Android and IOS has underwhelmed, if not > >flopped. At this point Linux actually owns a substantial chunk of the > >desktop, in the form of Android on tablets that have largely replaced or > >augmented actual computers, > > Not even close. Android on tablets is essentially dead, they only > thing the remaining tablets are used for is media viewers. > > The Android app developers never developed tablet versions of the > apps, and Google dropped the ball yet again. > > Google's latest attempt, announced several weeks back, is an attempt > at a ChromeOS tablet... > > And when that fails, perhaps we will finally see Fuchsia. > > > and is just under Apple in the phone market > > Depends on how you measure, some ways Android is ahead. > > But the big problem is that few people are making money from Android, > in part because few Android users buy apps. > > >with M$ a joke down near the bottom in both domains. > > Microsoft existed the phone business several years ago, and at least > in terms of usefulness for doing anything other than watching a movie > their tablet offerings are far ahead of anything Android. It's not a > coincidence that the latest iPad Pros announced today look like > Surface Pros. > > >But Android is > >vulnerable -- lots of people dislike it and dislike the play store and > >all that goes with it and with iOS. > > The only people who hate the iOS store are certain techies, and > certain players big enough that they dislike the percentage. > > The users love it because it is hassle free and has none of the > virus/malware/etc issues that they experience elsewhere. > > Google Play is vulnerable because Google refuses to invest in it and > the developers increasingly leary of getting locked out with no way to > appeal the decision. > > > IBM has the resources to actually > >make an OPEN tablet/phone OS if they choose to and are at least as > >likely as M$ is to be able to step into the market and steal away > >mindshare from Android and iOS -- if they couple it to a slick AI > >component, maybe semi-proprietary, they might even jump to the head of > >the line as Alexa and Siri etc leave a great deal to be desired. > > Any attempt at an open tablet/phone would require signficant money and > there is no way IBM is going to invest the money in hardware and > software to try it. > > Say want one wants about Apple, but they have had the best ARM > processors for mobile for a while now and noone appears to be close to > catching up anytime soon. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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