[dba-Tech] Are we being forced to migrate to Linux?

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Thu Apr 11 13:04:51 CDT 2013


This is bad news for Microsoft. Its being reported today that PC sales dropped by 14% this quarter, Windows 8 is being considered a flop and Microsoft isn't able to make a meaningful dent in the mobile/tablet space.

Chickens coming home to roost?

- Hans


On 2013-04-11, at 9:13 AM, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> On 2013-04-11 3:00 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>> The following article attempts to scare the users of XP into using what?
>> 
>> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/ok-so-stick-with-window
>> s-xp-but-how-big-a-risk-do-you-run/1627?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101
>> 
>> Thousands of businesses failed to migrate from XP to Vista, for obvious
>> reasons and now that they may have been willing to move to Windows7,
>> Microsoft has removed any steps between XP and Windows8. Businesses are
>> finding they have no where to go. Big business has no intension on embracing
>> untried product with a dubious record so far.
>> 
>> Just today a friend who works for a company called Soroc (they do all bank
>> computer maintenance and installation), one I use to work for, says the
>> banks are now seriously looking at moving their operation to Linux.
>> 
>> If this is the case Microsoft may have made a major blunder in trying to
>> force everyone to use Win8 by removing Win7.
> 
> More than a blunder---continued abuse of their market power over their users.
> 
> PB
> 
> -----
> 
>> 
>> Even NASA is moving to Linux not Windows. ;-)
>> 
>> https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/191-linux-training/711318-linux-fo
>> undation-training-prepares-the-international-space-station-for-linux-migrati
>> on
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
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