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Windows is No Longer Important

May 28, 2008

Analysis of:Windows 7 Will Be an 'Evolution,' Exec Says | www.adtmag.com

Windows has become a parody of itself. It is not an operating system, but rather an attempt to lock in customers and lock out competition. New alternatives, mostly notably LINUX-based, will replace it over time. The issue today, though, isn't the OS; rather, it's support for MS Office and legacy applications, not Windows itself. As we saw with Vista, attempting to change Windows for the sake of change alone is a losing proposition for users and, ultimately, for Microsoft itself.

Comments on KDDI Common OS Effort

July 24, 2006

Analysis of:KDDI plans common mobile phone operating system | today.reuters.com

The idea here has been used by Nokia for some time with its very successful Series 60 platform. The goal is to build handsets with a common hardware architecture that can support a common software environemnt - I'm not sure if OS is the right term here; it's more of an executive. The big question is what form of applications support will be provided - that's what Windows Mobile does, and there could be negative connotation for Microsoft (and Symbian) if this effort is successful.

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