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Linux cannot just wish Microsoft away

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I have observed in several Linux related forums, a certain denial of reality by most Linux enthusiasts. They tend to have the notion that the demise of Microsoft is just around the corner and that Linux is about to have its time. Well all I can say is that such a world can only be in the imagination of people.

If anything at all, Microsoft, come this October, will only consolidate its hold on the OS market unless pragmatic steps are taken by major Linux vendors like Canonical to stave off the massive tide that Windows 7 is set to have in its wake, if their distros are to stand a chance of sustaining the growth and success attained on the back of the spectacular failure of Vista. Microsoft is a company that cannot just be easily overtaken by a competitor, not by the currently fragmented and seemingly disorganised Linux world.

The influence and control Microsoft has on the market goes beyond its core business of OS and extends to what I believe to be the computing culture of the world.

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Facts versus Hype

The author has unfortunately fallen victim to Waggener Edstrom's hype, which Microsoft paid hundreds of millions of dollars for. Vista 7 has the same deficiencies and it's expected to be rejected, unless one listens to Microsoft placements (Microsoft admits 'planting' stories and it got caught bribing bloggers again, some it just abuses). Had anyone tried KDE 4.3.1? Now, that's the future which is reasonable.

The fact is that Microsoft's profit has fallen by _a third_ twice in a row. It's dumping against Linux in hopeless attempts to starve it. Microsoft raves about fake US-only figures to pretend that GNU/Linux is not expanding in use.

re: Facts

Um....profits have fallen for EVERYONE. Perhaps you've noticed, the US (and the World) is currently in one of the worse recessions of this century.

Yet, Windows Market share (especially on the desktop) has NOT fallen. Microsoft doesn't have to do anything about Linux, Desktop Linux is a non-issue in the business world because of the lack of polished apps, lack of QA, lack of AD/GPO integration, and the never ending passing of the same old bugs from one uselessly rushed 6 month release to the next.

Just because you WISH Microsoft was having problems, doesn't make it happen.

US != World

I am astounded to find that some people refuse to accept that outside the English-speaking press there are very different trends that are rarely measured. They make suppositions based on what marketing firms like Net Apps tell them.

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