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His vision is of Linux as a common platform for all the intelligent devices we already have, and are yet to invent. With a standard environment and common API's across all these systems, this mass of devices will become an irresistible target for new software from application developers.

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This may be too public for discussions of this sort. Microsoft might happen upon this idea and begin to use all its resources and popular existing products for the same purpose.

The result might be that the author will be writing about the drip-drip-drip over decades necessary to reduce Microsoft's share of many markets.
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Free software great and small  Loverock Davidson | 05/07/08
so off the wall this guy  stevey_d | 05/07/08
Yes you are  Loverock Davidson | 05/07/08
Agreed  magallanes | 05/14/08
Ignore him - he's a troll with the  deaf_e_kate | 05/08/08
Not that old.......  linux for me | 05/08/08
Love it when people say "no one"  John L. Ries | 05/07/08
Which is the same  Loverock Davidson | 05/07/08
So you think everybody else  Ole Man | 05/07/08
I use it. I'm composing this message...l  clfitz | 05/07/08
And?  magallanes | 05/14/08
On lost causes...  zkiwi | 05/07/08
Nope not me  Loverock Davidson | 05/07/08
Brazil  zkiwi | 05/07/08
you might not trying to be amusing but  deaf_e_kate | 05/08/08
Then open your eyes....  linux for me | 05/08/08
Which article were you reading? What FUD?  seanferd | 05/09/08
Wait a moment  alec.wood@... | 06/03/08
Lovey's back in first place  jorjitop | 05/07/08
I use it. I like it.  Michael Of Atlanta | 05/10/08
What a loser...  jasonp@... | 05/23/08
Quote  CreepinJesus | 05/24/08
In my view OOXML lost, and took the ISO with it  stevey_d | 05/07/08
RE: Free software great and small  a_chameleon | 05/07/08
Linux competing.  JeremyAllison | 05/07/08
Thank for a great article.  markkerzner | 05/07/08
Don't overstate the problem  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/07/08
Most intuitive UIs known to man?  John L. Ries | 05/07/08
Nah, that'd be me!  zkiwi | 05/07/08
It'll compete just fine...  zkiwi | 05/07/08
You've never used PCLinuxOS  Don Collins | 05/08/08
Good work  markkerzner | 05/07/08
As an embedded OS, Linux is poor  BagEmk | 05/07/08
Anyone who speaks of Linux  Ole Man | 05/07/08
Do you know what you are talking about?  Solid Water | 05/07/08
Yes and not.  magallanes | 05/14/08
Wince - we spend a lot of time trying to get that going  stevey_d | 05/25/08
RE: Free software great and small  sahlberg | 05/07/08
Suppose it's a race  Anton Philidor | 05/07/08
"Microsoft might happen upon this idea and begin to use all its resources"  Ole Man | 05/07/08
suppose another thing  TtfnJohn | 05/08/08
Second place can be profitable...  Anton Philidor | 05/08/08
"The company can even lose money for a very long time"  Ole Man | 05/08/08
Has anything changed in the past 8 years?  Anton Philidor | 05/09/08
some things change, others remain constant  Ole Man | 05/10/08
you more or less acknowledge the untrustworthy accounting  stevey_d | 05/25/08
Missing the point.  JeremyAllison | 05/08/08
You didn't.  Anton Philidor | 05/08/08
100GbE  sahlberg | 05/07/08
File formats  croberts | 05/07/08
IN deference to your assinine comments..  SpikeyMike | 05/08/08
Other Applications Suites  kyron.gustafson@... | 05/08/08
"Users" who use software covered by Microsoft's EULA  Ole Man | 05/08/08
Dreams are always a nice  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/08
You'd know all about that, wouldn't you (nt)  mdsmedia | 05/07/08
So that's where you dissappear to ocasionally?  Ole Man | 05/08/08
Dellusional and Lacking Vision  GeiselS@... | 05/08/08
there is a place for linux and another for windows: there will be balance  kpthottam@... | 05/08/08
Finally...  mrdt | 05/08/08
IF Microsoft continues to...  mikifinaz1@... | 05/08/08
I love it when author complains ....  ShadeTree | 05/08/08
Linux is not a monoculture.  JeremyAllison | 05/08/08
I love it when a ShadeTree boasts  Ole Man | 05/08/08
Windows monoculture.  magallanes | 05/14/08
Shady's  Ole Man | 05/21/08
So which one is it?  Real World | 05/09/08
API's common, not implementation.  JeremyAllison | 05/09/08
ok  Real World | 05/09/08
Easier but..  JeremyAllison | 05/09/08
Does that limit migration...  Anton Philidor | 05/09/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 05/09/08
Seriously, no!  Zogg | 05/09/08
Jeremy the loser  markbn | 05/09/08
Where is YOUR credentials?  Ole Man | 05/10/08
I need none Ollie Trollie  markbn | 05/12/08
You are so funny, Marky-poo  Ole Man | 05/21/08
But you are not funny Old Troll  markbn | 06/13/08
RE: Free software great and small  bsdhahahahaha | 05/09/08
No problem for me.  JeremyAllison | 05/10/08
linux is not for your average computer user  skate323k137 | 05/16/08
But it is  alec.wood@... | 06/03/08
RE: Free software great and small  CreepinJesus | 05/26/08

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