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Microsoft will probably lower prices rather than cede market share, but,: even a price break on the server end, and netbook end may not be enough to stop market share losses. MS does not have a suitable OS for Arm based netbooks, and for virtualized environments, the licensing nightmare is just too much, and Linux is just too good.; Posted by: DonnieBoy Posted on: 03/17/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Microsoft will probably lower prices rather than cede market share, but, DonnieBoy | 03/17/09

The problem with lowering prices Michael Kelly | 03/17/09

Yes, very true, fun to watch Billy and Stevie squirm. DonnieBoy | 03/17/09

Oh please, you must really update your rhetoric GuidingLight | 03/17/09

Maybe you failed to notice how much Linux is already used on servers. Maybe DonnieBoy | 03/17/09

.... n0neXn0ne | 03/17/09

RE: Oh please, ... don't beg n0neXn0ne | 03/17/09

I'm more concerned about virtualization Roger Ramjet | 03/17/09

Running multiple (different) OSes on a single box makes no sense, except DonnieBoy | 03/17/09

Half right Roger Ramjet | 03/17/09

There are lots of good reasons to run VMs. Just letting Linux multitask is DonnieBoy | 03/17/09

There are few good reasons Roger Ramjet | 03/17/09

But, if virtualization is cheap, and has insignifican overhead, it will be DonnieBoy | 03/17/09

Not so fast Roger Ramjet | 03/17/09

Isolating different jobs on different VMs will be a huge savings in DonnieBoy | 03/17/09

Clear as mud Roger Ramjet | 03/18/09

RE:I'm more concerned about virtualization richdave | 03/17/09

IBM is the only mainframe anymore Roger Ramjet | 03/17/09

RE: ...only mainframe anymore n0neXn0ne | 03/17/09

RE:RE: ...only mainframe anymore richdave | 03/17/09

What a crock Roger Ramjet | 03/18/09

Not necessarily ksarkies@... | 03/17/09

Yep Roger Ramjet | 03/18/09

People are more likely to grow their own food in hard times too John L. Ries | 03/17/09

RE: IDC: Downturn to drive Linux adoption bigpicture | 03/17/09

RE: IDC: Downturn to drive Linux adoption Loverock Davidson | 03/17/09

I think you're a bit out of date ksarkies@... | 03/17/09

People don't want it? LongTimeSoftwareDeveloper | 06/04/09

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