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Microsoft declares victory over Linux, names Apple and Google main rivals

7 points by cek 15y ago

ENOTTY 15y ago
It's important to note that it's only in reference to desktop Linux. We still have flavors of *nix beating the pants off of Microsoft in mobile and server space.
- arihant 15y ago
  I think that is understood. The war between MS and Linux is always about personal computing. Otherwise, the comparison points are endless. QNX beats pants off of Linux in Embedded systems. Microsoft beats the pants of off any *nix system in quite a few sectors of Robotics space. Microsoft beats pants off Linux in Gaming systems. Microsoft beats pants off of Linux in Enterprise server systems.
bad_user 15y ago
Basically the author makes a diff on a paragraph from the SEC filings, in which Linux is removed from being a threat. The author could have concluded any of the following: - it is bad marketing to attack Linux - Linux is an indispensable piece of infrastructure and Microsoft learns to cooperate with it - Linux cannot be attacked as a whole, focusing on Linux is spending valuable resources; it pays to attack tangible players that are pushing Linux instead - Linux is really not that important anymore, the problem for Microsoft being escalated to something much, much bigger Really, the author could have picked any of the above and more. But no, the author picked "victory over Linux". I don't usually complain about the lack of quality on HN, but some articles are borderline stupid, including this one. Remarkably, these days I find better content at Proggit.
malkia 15y ago
Maybe the author should check that Android is Linux.
mrinterweb 15y ago
By applying the same logic of removing mention of Linux as a competitor, Microsoft could be admitting defeat to Linux in the server OS space. If their server product was their priority, I would believe they would mention Linux. I am not promoting this idea. I am just playing devil's advocate to this article.

7 points by cek 15y ago

It's important to note that it's only in reference to desktop Linux. We still have flavors of *nix beating the pants off of Microsoft in mobile and server space.

arihant 15y ago
I think that is understood. The war between MS and Linux is always about personal computing. Otherwise, the comparison points are endless. QNX beats pants off of Linux in Embedded systems. Microsoft beats the pants of off any *nix system in quite a few sectors of Robotics space. Microsoft beats pants off Linux in Gaming systems. Microsoft beats pants off of Linux in Enterprise server systems.

bad_user 15y ago

Basically the author makes a diff on a paragraph from the SEC filings, in which Linux is removed from being a threat. The author could have concluded any of the following: - it is bad marketing to attack Linux - Linux is an indispensable piece of infrastructure and Microsoft learns to cooperate with it - Linux cannot be attacked as a whole, focusing on Linux is spending valuable resources; it pays to attack tangible players that are pushing Linux instead - Linux is really not that important anymore, the problem for Microsoft being escalated to something much, much bigger Really, the author could have picked any of the above and more. But no, the author picked "victory over Linux". I don't usually complain about the lack of quality on HN, but some articles are borderline stupid, including this one. Remarkably, these days I find better content at Proggit.

malkia 15y ago

Maybe the author should check that Android is Linux.

mrinterweb 15y ago

By applying the same logic of removing mention of Linux as a competitor, Microsoft could be admitting defeat to Linux in the server OS space. If their server product was their priority, I would believe they would mention Linux. I am not promoting this idea. I am just playing devil's advocate to this article.