Comment Dark matter? (Score 1) 393
Maybe it all just dropped through to the other side.
Maybe it all just dropped through to the other side.
I have an entire wishlist for Satya here, and cleaning up the OOXML fiasco is one of them.
Perhaps you forget that billg still pulls his strings.
Never mind that OOXML is only fraudulently open.
Red Hat has nothing to do with ODF.
Neither do Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter or Samsung. Shameful.
Your geek card is hereby rescinded.
I don't really see how productivity apps on tablets can replace actual PCs running actual business software within a corporate environment...
What makes you think Android isn't going to spread to laptops and desktops? Or Chromeos isn't going to get proper application support?
-7.5% compound annual growth rate is massive, especially considering the growth rate of smartphones, tablets and chromeos. And that is not even taking into account the likelihood of productivity apps showing up on chromeos and android to further accelerate the trend. IDC's numbers are basically just talking about people who defect because they care more about media consumption than spreadsheets. That's a relatively small hole in the Windows bucket compared to having the whole bottom fall out when Android moves into the office.
It actually sounds like gcj.
...all except for that pesky near 90% desktop market share
The desktop market that declined 10% last year, a trend that is expected to continue?
Translation: London Council trying to extort cheaper licenses out of Microsoft.
Cognitive dissonance alert. Cheaper licenses for XP?
Not by itself, you also need to look at the From: header.
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.