On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I think Microsoft's days are numbered. All things made by man have numbered days. > Windows 8 is a large pile of poo. Which differentiates it from Microsoft Vista, Windows Me and Microsoft Bob, how, exactly? This is a pattern, not an anomaly. > It is lagging behind Android on the phone. Which in turn is lagging behind Apple iOS. Your point? MS has more experience shipping bad tablet OSes than any other vendor out there. > Though I will say that if Samsung and others do not get their support in > order people will work out > they (phone manufacturers ) are rubbish. Phone OEMs sell disposable consumer devices, not personal general-purpose computers. Disruptive companies (Apple iPhone, Google Nexus) sell general-purpose computers with phones in them. > What this could also mean is once people realise Android is Linux, then > maybe Linux will take off. You mean, like, become the dominant OS on the Internet? (Done.) on routers? (Done.) BSD with a proprietary desktop (Apple). > All we need is decent visual studio like programs for Linux and it could > be a going concern. Bye bye Microsoft. > I'm sorry, a decent visual studio? Have you seen one yet? I'd argue Komodo (http://www.activestate.com/komodo-ide) or Eclipse are competitive, though I don't use either. I don't think IDEs are relevant for the kind of development I do. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4u1hwimhaqbwct6a6zxx6vh0mjuiuqn7mzbvuonbks...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

