Comments on: Vista vs Linux http://steves.seasidelife.com/2007/11/14/vista-vs-linux/ I'm Steve Richards a strategist and all round tech enthusiast working on enterprise desktop, application delivery and collaboration solutions. I work from home by the coast in the North West of England. All the views expressed in this blog are my own. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon Scullion http://steves.seasidelife.com/2007/11/14/vista-vs-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Simon Scullion Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:33:06 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2007/11/14/vista-vs-linux/#comment-401 Good point on the regulatory pressure on MS innovation, however if they took a more open approach, maybe they wouldn't be such a target. How do you think that the breadth of skills that Linux, being Open Source, can bring to the table, matches up compared to that of MS? I tend to think that the diversity brought to Linux through the open licensing, with innovative contributions being fed back into the core code, goes way beyond what MS can achieve through 3rd-party relationships and acquisitions. But certainly, interesting times! Good point on the regulatory pressure on MS innovation, however if they took a more open approach, maybe they wouldn’t be such a target.

How do you think that the breadth of skills that Linux, being Open Source, can bring to the table, matches up compared to that of MS?

I tend to think that the diversity brought to Linux through the open licensing, with innovative contributions being fed back into the core code, goes way beyond what MS can achieve through 3rd-party relationships and acquisitions.

But certainly, interesting times!

]]> By: admin http://steves.seasidelife.com/2007/11/14/vista-vs-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-395 admin Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:24:11 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2007/11/14/vista-vs-linux/#comment-395 Simon, there's bloat in Vista for sure, but that's the sort of thing IT folks worry about not most people, but I agree with you that their current position of near complete monopoly will definately be eroded and in some ways I think they would welcome that as it would free them from some of their regulatory constraints on innovation. I agree that Apple are innovating at a faster pace, which is easy as they don't have the diversity of applications and hardware to support and hold them back. As for Linux I agree its also very innovative, but I think Microsoft are better equiped to innovate in many synergistic directions, collaboration, mobile, car, work, home, entertainment etc. It's an interesting time. Simon, there’s bloat in Vista for sure, but that’s the sort of thing IT folks worry about not most people, but I agree with you that their current position of near complete monopoly will definately be eroded and in some ways I think they would welcome that as it would free them from some of their regulatory constraints on innovation.

I agree that Apple are innovating at a faster pace, which is easy as they don’t have the diversity of applications and hardware to support and hold them back.

As for Linux I agree its also very innovative, but I think Microsoft are better equiped to innovate in many synergistic directions, collaboration, mobile, car, work, home, entertainment etc.

It’s an interesting time.

]]> By: Simon Scullion http://steves.seasidelife.com/2007/11/14/vista-vs-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Simon Scullion Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:37:16 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2007/11/14/vista-vs-linux/#comment-391 Interesting post Steve. Its good to hear Vista is getting more stable, but my concern is the bloat that is coming with it, built in. Thats bloat most users can do without, with Linux I can go and get what I need, not have what I don't want forced on me. Competition is good, so I think you're right, Microsoft will react, they have to! But how, and how quickly remains to be seen. Whilst I have no doubt they feel the threat from Linux, I'm not so sure they can react quickly enough to keep their current position. That might not be a bad thing either, choice is good for the consumer! Whether they re-architect Windows, or start from scratch is another story, wasn't Vista a rewrite? Look how long that took to get out the door. The rate at which Linux and Apple are innovating is far ahead of MS in my opinion. Interesting post Steve.

Its good to hear Vista is getting more stable, but my concern is the bloat that is coming with it, built in. Thats bloat most users can do without, with Linux I can go and get what I need, not have what I don’t want forced on me.

Competition is good, so I think you’re right, Microsoft will react, they have to! But how, and how quickly remains to be seen. Whilst I have no doubt they feel the threat from Linux, I’m not so sure they can react quickly enough to keep their current position. That might not be a bad thing either, choice is good for the consumer!

Whether they re-architect Windows, or start from scratch is another story, wasn’t Vista a rewrite? Look how long that took to get out the door. The rate at which Linux and Apple are innovating is far ahead of MS in my opinion.

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