Windows vs. Android: Does Desktop Linux Win?

<http://fossforce.com/2012/06/window...x-win/>

<quote>
Every tech writer on the Internet seems to want to be the one to crack
the code and figure out what Microsoft plans to do with Surface. I
thought I was one of them until I spent three days trying to write
this article. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really care
what Microsoft’s plans are or if they’ll pan-out for them. They bore
me. They’re irrelevant now.

I suspect we’re getting ready to see if they’re nimble enough to
completely reshape their business model, much like IBM had to do more
than a decade ago. Who knows what they’re going to do, now that they
obviously recognizethe-proprietary-operating-system-as-a-billion-dollar-
property model has reached its sunset years?
</quote>

<http://fossforce.com/2012/06/window...x-win/>

<quote>
Every tech writer on the Internet seems to want to be the one to crack
the code and figure out what Microsoft plans to do with Surface. I
thought I was one of them until I spent three days trying to write
this article. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really care
what Microsoft’s plans are or if they’ll pan-out for them. They bore
me. They’re irrelevant now.

I suspect we’re getting ready to see if they’re nimble enough to
completely reshape their business model, much like IBM had to do more
than a decade ago. Who knows what they’re going to do, now that they
obviously recognizethe-proprietary-operating-system-as-a-billion-dollar-
property model has reached its sunset years?
</quote>

<http://fossforce.com/2012/06/window...x-win/>

<quote>
Every tech writer on the Internet seems to want to be the one to crack
the code and figure out what Microsoft plans to do with Surface. I
thought I was one of them until I spent three days trying to write
this article. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really care
what Microsoft’s plans are or if they’ll pan-out for them. They bore
me. They’re irrelevant now.

I suspect we’re getting ready to see if they’re nimble enough to
completely reshape their business model, much like IBM had to do more
than a decade ago. Who knows what they’re going to do, now that they
obviously recognizethe-proprietary-operating-system-as-a-billion-dollar-
property model has reached its sunset years?
</quote>

After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:

<http://fossforce.com/2012/06/window...x-win/>

<quote>
Every tech writer on the Internet seems to want to be the one to crack
the code and figure out what Microsoft plans to do with Surface. I
thought I was one of them until I spent three days trying to write
this article. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really care
what Microsoft’s plans are or if they’ll pan-out for them. They bore
me. They’re irrelevant now.

I suspect we’re getting ready to see if they’re nimble enough to
completely reshape their business model, much like IBM had to do more
than a decade ago. Who knows what they’re going to do, now that they
obviously recognizethe-proprietary-operating-system-as-a-billion-dollar-
property model has reached its sunset years?
</quote>

Just what kind of “new” Microsoft are they intending to build? Again,
who knows? They seem to be trying-out everybody else’s business plan.

Well, since their original "we'll license it by volume and make sure
we have a big carrot and a big stick to use on the OEMs" model, what
else have they had but copycat? Unless, of course, you count "buy it
up".

Chris Ahlstrom writes:

After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:

<http://fossforce.com/2012/06/window...x-win/>

<quote>
Every tech writer on the Internet seems to want to be the one to crack
the code and figure out what Microsoft plans to do with Surface. I
thought I was one of them until I spent three days trying to write
this article. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really care
what Microsoft’s plans are or if they’ll pan-out for them. They bore
me. They’re irrelevant now.

I suspect we’re getting ready to see if they’re nimble enough to
completely reshape their business model, much like IBM had to do more
than a decade ago. Who knows what they’re going to do, now that they
obviously recognizethe-proprietary-operating-system-as-a-billion-dollar-
property model has reached its sunset years?
</quote>

Just what kind of “new” Microsoft are they intending to build? Again,
who knows? They seem to be trying-out everybody else’s business plan.

Well, since their original "we'll license it by volume and make sure
we have a big carrot and a big stick to use on the OEMs" model, what
else have they had but copycat? Unless, of course, you count "buy it
up".

How does the company that pays you, Creepy, market their SW that you gladly
QA and go on to boast about the income it provides?