ESR analyzes Microsoft's Surface announcement
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4408
The orangutan could learn to say "Developers, developers, developers..." before Ballmer could understand the tablet/smartphone market.
While watching the announcement the thing that struck me most was the look on Ballmer's face while he was making his pitch ... like someone on a death watch. So grim.\
It seems to me that Ballmer is placing a LOT of faith in UEFI to block Linux replacing Windows on OEM equipment.
So what’s Microsoft doing? Announcing a brand-spankin’-new Windows 8 phone line with no upgrade path for its Windows 7 customers. Riiiight. Then, stiff-arming its PC and smartphone business partners by telling them it’s going to do an Apple and ein-Volk-ein-Reich-ein-Führer its new tablet – it won’t be licensing “Windows RT”, and nobody else is going to get a piece of the hardware revenue. So let’s see – Microsoft is throwing away both its historic strengths – backward compatibility and a multi-vendor ecosystem that needs it to succeed – and replacing them with, what exactly?
You know, at this point Microsoft’s board ought to replace Steve Ballmer with an orangutan. Screaming a lot and flinging feces in all directions seem to be the job requirements; the orangutan would cover that for a few bunches of bananas a week, and its strategic decisions couldn’t possibly be worse.
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You know, at this point Microsoft’s board ought to replace Steve Ballmer with an orangutan. Screaming a lot and flinging feces in all directions seem to be the job requirements; the orangutan would cover that for a few bunches of bananas a week, and its strategic decisions couldn’t possibly be worse.
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While watching the announcement the thing that struck me most was the look on Ballmer's face while he was making his pitch ... like someone on a death watch. So grim.\
It seems to me that Ballmer is placing a LOT of faith in UEFI to block Linux replacing Windows on OEM equipment.