osnews.com - 2/26/2009
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Icon Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer had some interesting things to say yesterday about which companies Microsoft sees as its competitors in the client operating system space. You'd think Apple was their number one competitor - and you'd be wrong. Microsoft sees two other competitors as their ...
linux-foundation.org - 2/26/2009
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linux-foundation.org —
Calm Down Right now the Microsoft claim against
Tom Tom is a private dispute between those two...
entities concerning GPS mapping software. We do not feel assumptions should be made about the scope or facts of this case and its inclusion, if any, of ...
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Note on Microsoft TomTom Suit: Calm Down, Hope for the ...
arstechnica.com - 2/26/2009
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Microsoft has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against
navigation device maker TomTom. The suit alleges that several...
of TomTom's products, including some that are Linux-based, infringe on a handful of Microsoft's patents. Several of ...
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Microsoft suit over FAT patents could open OSS Pandora's Box
appleinsider.com - 2/25/2009
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As software giant Microsoft is warning of continued
economic hardship after its first round of layoffs ever,...
the company's chief executive is eyeing competition from Apple, Linux, and Google on the desktop while downplaying the market strength of the ...
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Ballmer sees Mac as a main competitor, iPhone as just buzz
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L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... -- In a meeting for investors, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer names the company's biggest competitors: piracy and Linux. Neglecting Apple was no mistake. OS News ...
Steve Ballmer about Mac Market Share
HardMac.com —
Source : OS NewsDuring the investor conference, Steve Ballmer tried to minimize the increase of Mac market share and the success of Apple products. According to his data, the main competitor for Windows is Windows, the pirated version available on the P2P network.
He minimized the increase of Mac market shares by "by a point or more", not a dramatically increase according to him. Such statement is a bit striking when one looks at the past six months, the number of Mac units sold and the figures from independent analysts clearly demonstrating the increase of Mac in use on the internet.
So, it needs some explanation. Steve Ballmer decided to ...
Microsoft’s Illusion: Netbook & Linux Threats Can be Neutralized
The Mac Observer —
Microsoft’s Illusion: Netbook & Linux Threats Can be Neutralized by John Martellaro on March 11th, 2009 at 2:40 PM A pple enthusiasts like to think that Steve Ballmer stays awake at night worrying about Apple. The facts in the market place, driven by the recession, netbooks, mobile users, however, suggest that simpler, mobile OSes are a much bigger threat. How Microsoft and Apple deal with those issues will determine their success over the next few years. For a long time, Apple enthusiasts have watched with amusement as the Windows OS has grown to become a monster on the desktop. Typical users are befuddled by the modern Windows OS, like Vista, with its ...
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