April 29, 2006

A Windows of opportunity

There is this opinion that I share with people anytime the topic of Open Source vs. Microsoft comes up. You all have heard me say that Microsoft will not necessarily cease to exist, but it will move on to other sources of revenue (a.k.a Interment MSN subscriptions, Xbox, etc.). Microsoft's latest financials say so.

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4077/106/

Now, there will not be the extraordinary riches to be made in the desktop operating system "a la Microsoft". However, I do believe that there will be enough for Apple, Red Hat and Novell, to gain market share in that space. I also believe that Novell, is uniquely positioned to do best of all three above.

For my next trick...

Watch Dell begin capitalizing on Desktops and Notebooks powered by AMD CPUs with their superior yet affordable 64bit technology and hosting Linux (potentially SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) as the operating system. HP may follow suit out of sheer competitiveness.

Posted by martinf at April 29, 2006 10:00 AM
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"Microsoft will not cease to exist ... will move on to other sources of revenue (a.k.a Interment MSN subscriptions"

Is that a freudian slip, Mr. Martinez? **Interment** MSN subscriptions.

Ha! I can just imagine the commercials...

"Get your MSN subscription now, and you'll receive .... a casket! Get burried in style!"

Posted by: PJ Cabrera at May 2, 2006 09:17 PM

The best part of the joke, is you were talking about MS ceasing to exist, and you slip in "Interment".

He he he! We're on to you, Paco! Your not fooling us with any of that "It's a typo, honest!" crap. :-D

PS - BTW, before I forget ... I agree with you completely. And it seems MS is doing everything possible to lose the desktop market, what with the umpteen delays in Vista.

PS - For anybody keeping score, Longhorn was supposed to have come out Q1 of LAST YEAR with WinFX, Avalon, Indigo, etc., etc., etc. Now it's coming out in 2007 WITHOUT any of that stuff.

PS - Talk about losing ground indeed ...

PS - XGL on Kubuntu Dapper, go go go! :-)

Posted by: PJ Cabrera at May 2, 2006 09:26 PM