Microsoft will launch several projects around Linux and other open source technologies for allowing Indian customers the option to run its products on different operating systems and technologies. The initiative, to be rolled out in around a month's time, is aimed at grabbing "more market share for the Windows platform by allowing interoperability with open source technologies such as Linux," said Radhesh Balakrishnan, director, platform strategy, Microsoft India.
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First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you... then they make panicky attempts to join you and keep the cash flowing.. Then they die.
Get real! It's statements like these that convince me that some 'nix devotees are slightly disconnected from reality. MS brings in over $10B in revenue per quarter. Even if they sealed the doors and shuttered the windows in Redmond for a year, the interest on their cash hoard would more than sustain them as a company for a considerable period of time. And, even if MS were to get pushed out of the OS marketplace (not likely, given that its server growth is actually looking better than Linux at present), it could use its cash to buy its way into other markets. Tens of billions of dollars can buy a lot of profitable companies. So, get used to MSFT, they're going to be with us for a very long time.
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Unless, of course, people KNEW they were going to shut the place down completely for a year. Or, even worse, people noticed at the six-week mark that nothing was happening at Redmondco Inc. No support, no patches, no nothing, I'm not sure it would bode well. Plus,they'd have to stop paying all the employees for that time to keep ALL the money, the shareholders would have to be asked nicely not to divest to severely, and if they turned around and invested whatever money was left over they'd suddenly be an investment company, and that's hardly "shutting down". Microsoft, like anyone else, needs momentum to stay dominant. In the computer industry, a year's lassitude would cost ANYBODY dearly, even Microsoft, if only in perception of future health.
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First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you... then they make panicky attempts to join you and keep the cash flowing.. Then they die.
At least, I hope so.