On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Bruce Bostwick wrote:
(As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice
that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a
shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into
something that can displace Windows as a full-functioning OS,
there's a possibility that Microsoft has bitten off more than it
can chew in picking this particular fight. If Google is successful
enough with this, it may finally push MS into a position where it
has little choice but to migrate to a Unix-based core and GUI model
like *everyone* else in the market. At a time not of their
choosing, unlike Apple's beautifully timed migration from OS 9 to
OS X.)
That would be chaos!!! Linux and Linux-likes are safe now because
since 90% of desktops runs Windows, 99.9% of the virus-spam mafia
targets Windows.
If M$ moves to Linux, then Linux will never be safe again :-(
Not to mention that changing Windows virtual monopoly to *Nix
monopoly is _very bad_ for the development of new techs.
Alberto Monteiro
How would migrating to a larger user base for *nix be bad for the
development of new techs?
Other than by breaking the M$ "pay to play" licensing paradigm and
leveling the playing field for open source developers?
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a
little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider
price only are this man's lawful prey." -- John Ruskin
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