On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Mark Traceur <[email protected]> wrote: >> Windows Mobile is killing Microsoft on the mobile and embedded >> platforms > > Fixed that for you...
HAHAHA! > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Dino K <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I sort of disagree with that. I don't think the average user needs >>> too. The limitation is in accessing data. As things become more web >>> based it would be easy to switch from one OS to another. The browser >>> will matter more. >>> >>> I could easily see the company I work for switching over to Ubuntu or >>> similar for the desktop OS. The limitation is in data >>> access/applications. We have several apps that just don't have a Linux >>> counterpart and are not in a web based version. >> >> By disagreeing with me you couldn't have put what I wanted to say into >> better words. There's just no Linux counterpart to a lot of things and the >> environment is not familiar to Jane in accounting which uses her JDE or >> MAS90 apps... >> >> Where I see Microsoft losing bigtime right now is the mobile front, Android >> is killing Microsoft on the mobile and embedded platforms, why use a paid OS >> when you can do it free, put your resources into customization of the OS >> like SenseUI from HTC or MotoBlur from Motorola, or the new interface from >> Sony on the Xperia X10 forthcoming. On those platforms the core internals >> are even less relevant to the user as the interface experience. >> >> -DK >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
