Linus On The Future Of Microsoft 382
An anonymous reader writes "There's a pretty good interview with Linus over at Good Morning Silicon Valley. The discussion seems focused predominantly on the future of proprietary software and what the tech landscape might look like if Microsoft's market share declines. 'Says Linus: I do not believe that anything can "replace" Microsoft in the market that MS is right now. Instead, what I think happens is that markets mature, and as they mature and become commoditized, the kind of dominant player like MS just doesn't happen any more. You don't have another dominant player coming in and taking its place -- to find a new dominant player you actually have to start looking at a totally different market altogether.'"
1998 called (Score:4, Funny)
Interview with Linus !!! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Future of Microsoft? (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly. When IBM's consumer software market dried up, they simply moved more focus onto their hardware.
MS will do the same, and when their consumer software market dries up, they'll focus on selling mice and keyboards for Linux and Mac PCs.
Re:1998 called (Score:5, Funny)
Something about a joke.
Re:Why Isn't There A Microsoft Section? (Score:4, Funny)
Or, if you prefer the Freudian approach: penis.
How come no other topic beside Microsoft gets that kind of immature treatment?
You must be new here.
Re:Why Isn't There A Microsoft Section? (Score:5, Funny)
You must be new here.
Linus *On* the future of Microsoft (Score:5, Funny)
Re:OS Competition Is Useless (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, I see Microsoft going the way of the Passenger Pigeon [wikipedia.org]
Re:"Like open source"? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:1998 called (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Future of Microsoft? (Score:2, Funny)
No, that's just ol' Billieboy's penis you're thinking about...
Re:Disagree, it's about innovation, not size. (Score:3, Funny)