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Except they are not extinguishing Linux as a whole, simply phasing it out of their own OS offerings. Linux itself is still alive and thriving, and will continue
by pmilot 7y ago
Except they are not extinguishing Linux as a whole, simply phasing it out of their own OS offerings. Linux itself is still alive and thriving, and will continue as such even after it has been replaced in Android and/or its successor.
The classic EEE strategy aims to eliminate a competitor entirely. If that was Google's plan (which I doubt), it was doomed to fail from the start.
- acct1771 7y agoThe classic EEE strategy is to "extinguish" the desirability of the open source offering compared to the perceived trick MS stuff, so the community shifts to the commercial offering.