I didn't mean to say that Microsoft would go under. They have been sinking a little bit, and maybe they will sink a little more. I just meant that they have been loosing part of the market, and I think thats great. Linux is making inroads with Ubuntu ( grant it it's not real major) and Android, and although Linux is not really trashing Microsoft or Apple, they are coming to a point where those companies have to take Linux seriously. I'm glad for that.
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Trevor Benedict <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see Microsoft sinking anytime soon, maybe in 15-25 years. One > of the main reasons is because its a stable name, and the product of > Microsoft is well known. Apple is starting to do the same thing, there > name and product is getting to be well known, but still has a long > ways to go. With Linux and Open Source Software , its a moving target. > Between Redhat, SuSE/Novel, and Ubuntu things are always changing. The > most stable thing in the Linux OSS world is the name "Redhat", even > Open Office is in flux. How many years till Ubuntu gets replaced by > something else? We even have 2 competing desktops, or how long till > Xorg is replaced by something else? OSS is not stable, and normal > people want stable, most definitely business. > -- MrEcho > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think Great is an appropriate word. Since Microsoft is no longer the > 800 > > pound gorilla in the room, or in other words a "sinking ship" at best, if > > adobe jumps on board to bail water, then maybe the will sink together > into > > greater depths. Let's hope for the best. Hopefully open source developers > > will see this as an opportunity to bring video apps up to par like other > > apps such as MySQL, Php, and other web apps. As Ubuntu has made a major > > breakthrough in the desktop world for linux I think there is good > > possibilities for the open source community. > > > > Don't get me wrong. I don't hate Microsoft. Competition is fun. It's also > > fun to be on the winning team. Microsoft cuts throat to get on top. > > Personally I think it is great when the guy who does an honest job starts > to > > get ahead. How is it that the cut throats are on top of the world, and > the > > honest workers are supposed to be satisfied groveling on the bottom rung? > > > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Great, now the two software products that suck the most are coming > >> from the same company > >> (Flash and Windows). > >> > >> Chris... > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Sounds to me like they're running scared. Lol > >> > > >> > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Microsoft buying Adobe? > >> >> > >> >> http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6846369/281173/327661/0/ > >> >> -- > >> >> Jeff Lasman > >> >> Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > >> >> Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > >> >> Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: > >> >> "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > >> -Roger Penrose > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >
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