From his article on last year's 10-k: >Linux is no longer a desktop threat. A few years back, it looked like Linux might carve out a niche on low-end, low-pric

From his article on last year's 10-k: >Linux is no longer a desktop threat. A few years back, it looked like Linux might carve out a niche on low-end, low-priced netbooks. But the iPad took care of that hardware category, and this year Microsoft confidently eliminated Linux from the list of competitors to the Windows operating system ... (On the server side, of course, Microsoft continues to acknowledge that Unix and Linux are strong competitors.) (in other words it wasn't his prediction - Microsoft removed Linux from the list of threats to their desktop business).