This just in from mu lug. http://blogs.computer...

[Mr. C clark]

I don't think Microsoft can think outside the box, but that's just my biased opinion.
If they want to succeed they will have to start from scratch, and stop patching a system that started broken.

Chris.

>: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:40:53 -0800
> Subject: Re: This just in from mu lug. http://blogs.computer...
> From: dylanmccall at gmail.com
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> I think Microsoft's big mistake with Windows is not that its slow or
> clunky or ugly (which is debatable), but that the operating system has
> always been tethered to specific platforms. Microsoft simply doesn't
> have the reflexes to react to manufacturers' needs, as seen with
> netbooks.
> They have Windows Mobile, but it is a completely detached platform. It
> may as well be PalmOS.
> 
> The free software ecosystem, on the other hand, (particularly with
> Linux) is a more modular kind of platform. It could easily be adapted
> for what manufacturers wanted, almost immediately. Chances are
> Microsoft learned their lesson this time, but they have a lot of
> rethinking to do.
> 
> -Dylan
> 
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