Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Jun 2006 14:15 UTC, submitted by sjvn
"On June 15, Bill Gates announced that he would be retiring from Microsoft in July 2008, and everything changed. It may be two years away, but when a giant the size of Gates moves, the world moves with him. And, in that movement, in this period of change, Linux may have its best chance ever to seize the marketplace momentum from Microsoft."
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2005-11-05
No, not really. Like the recent article about Novell versus Microsoft, this is another one that wants a dramatic battle royal which isn't going to happen. According to the otherwise excellent SVN, with Gates leaving MS "Linux may have its best chance ever to seize the marketplace momentum from Microsoft." But it is not about seizing anything, imho. It is about quietly and methodically building a better product that will increase its share of the market because people feel it is worth it. Linux's market share doesn't have to grow that big before it becomes too large to be ignored and the MS monopoly grip is broken.
Besides, Gates isn't entirely going. He still gets to stay as chairman which also happens to mean string-puller in chief. More likely once Vista is out, imho, is the end of Ballmer.