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I don't want to live in a world without Microsoft and neither do you
- userulluipeste 15y agoWhen ReactOS will hit a stable version, it will be the end of Microsoft! Or at least of the Microsoft as we know it!
- g-garron 15y agoHave any idea about how long is that going to take?
- userulluipeste 15y agoIt' just a matter of efforts involved. I don't see it very promoted in the open-source community, but it should! That's the thing that will set free the masses owned by Proprietary Software. The Linux is fine, but it's used mostly as free enterprise solution, and only in a small part as a thing for everyday use. ReactOS needs a little more attention from the community, that's all.
- g-garron 15y agoYou are right about promotion I have not heard about it before.
- macavity23 15y agoThere's a reason she doesn't link to anyone who says MS is about to 'suddenly go out of business' - because nobody thinks this. Honestly, what a silly strawman.
- rbanffy 15y agoSilly article. Microsoft won't disappear overnight. Unless, perhaps, they decide to hire Leo Apotheker after he finishes HP off. ;-) Now, seriously, browser-based interfaces to cloud-based apps and data will be Microsoft's demise - they'll make the OS irrelevant, commoditizing its cash-cow. Will they be able to reinvent themselves? Probably yes. Will they ever be a dominant player again? Certainly not. Would I be happier in a world without Internet Explorer, Sharepoint and Exchange? You bet!
- smoyer 15y agoI'd be satisfied with a standards-compliant IE10 ... And I avoid companies that use Sharepoint and Exchange.
- dazzawazza 15y agoI think what we'd all like to see a world where there is more competition in the tech market. Unfortunately for MS they became the dominant player in many markets and (like any company in that position) stagnated, procrastinated and behaved in a protectionist manor. Note that this doesn't reflect on anyone within MS, large companies behave in ways individuals can't control. Now, does MS have to die for there to be a more competitive tech market? No, of course not but if MS does die it doesn't really matter. They are not the sole providers of technology.
- ddw 15y agoYes, if Microsoft were to die tomorrow it would be a problem.
- bunchesofdonald 15y agoWay to completely miss the point, Microsoft is not going to 'disappear'. Anyone who says this probably also thinks that David Copperfield actually made the Statue of Liberty disappear. Ms Shinder must own a farm to have come up with that much straw.