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Comment Re:Niche market (Score 1) 390

Yeah, from my perspective I can't help but to notice the huge boner most people on internet have towards market share and mainstream market acceptance, regardless if it's for smartphones, computers, game consoles and accessories or services. People just seem to forget that business are about making money. Having a huge share may have some help with it, but that is not always true.

Now apply that logic to the following comparisons.

1) Server market: Windows Server vs. Linux
2) Web server market: IIS vs. (Apache + nginx)
3) Small and medium database market: SQL Server vs. (MySql + offshoots + PostgreSql)

Looks like Microsoft is kicking ass in all of the above. But according to Slashdot, Linux beats Windows Server and Apache beats IIS.

Comment Re:Two simple steps to avoid being locked into Azu (Score 1) 164

by recoiledsnake (#45235225) Attached to: Microsoft Makes It Harder To Avoid Azure

That doesn't make any sense. How is it lock-in when it's trivial to switch to another backup solution? How is switching away from Azure Backup more difficult than switching from a 3rd party back up service? TFA talks about how signing up for Azure Backup makes it easier to use other services. DUH. It's like having a Gmail account makes it easy to upload video to Youtube. Doesn't mean that you're getting locked into Gmail.

Comment Re:Two simple steps to avoid being locked into Azu (Score 1) 164

by recoiledsnake (#45230325) Attached to: Microsoft Makes It Harder To Avoid Azure

1) Do not use Microsoft products 2) Rinse and repeat. Don't tell me it's unavoidable because that's bullshit. There is always a choice, you are just too comfortable and/or inflexible to use an alternative.

These days Microsoft is the "alternative" and Linux is the incumbent. A vast majority of large data centers run on Linux. Microsoft is the outsider trying to break in, but without any compelling story beyond pure spin and with a chronically horrible brand reputation. I sense that a few diehard Microsoft-addled PHBs will go the Azure way nonetheless, and hilarity will ensue for everyone except the victims.

Operating systems run on data centers, not vice versa.

You can run Linux on Azure.
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/tutorials/virtual-machine-from-gallery/
Stop the lame FUD, it only makes you look stupid and uninformed.

Comment Re:Malice vs. Incompetence (Score 1) 479

by recoiledsnake (#45112097) Attached to: Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die

The article was 2006 talks about stuff that happened back in the nineties. The cruft from then is still present in modern day Word. Calling it outdated is like saying your grandfather's recounting of his childhood is outdated.

The first article that's more relevant to this discussion was written in 2008 and covers the new XML version i.e OOXML. The spec hasn't changed much since then and ALL the points that he makes are still valid even today.

Can you tell us exactly what is outdated about the articles and what is not relevant today or to the FTA? Or I'll have to assume you didn't read the articles.

Comment Re:I still don't understand... (Score 1) 187

by recoiledsnake (#45042161) Attached to: Steam Machine Prototypes Use Intel CPUs, NVIDIA GPUs

If you have a gaming PC already, then just run steam and put it in Big Picture mode if you want the same experience. This is for people who don't have gaming PCs and/or want to play in the living room on their TV.

Uhh, then what are the gaming consoles for? PS4 and Xbox One are launching very soon.

Submission + - Windows Phone nears double digit marketshare in Europe

Submitted by recoiledsnake
recoiledsnake writes: Windows Phone is continuing to make inroads over the Atlantic, almost doubling its share of new phones sold in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. According to Kantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone has now hit 9.2 percent share in those key European countries, up from just 5.1 percent share last year. Most interesting of all, perhaps, is Windows Phone’s performance in Germany, where Microsoft’s mobile platform hit 8.8 percent. That’s just one single percentage point below iPhone — a massive achievement. In addition, Windows Phone hit 10.8 percent share in France and 12 percent share in Great Britain, the first time it has ever hit double digits in either of those two countries. Perhaps this will lead Google to stop blocking the Youtube app for Windows Phone?

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