The best Microsoft has against Linux is "trusted computing", but (thus far) manufacturers have essentially said "why bother" to Microsoft's pushes for it. As long as a majority of their consumer user-base depends on a Microsoft product, Apple can't afford to compete too directly with Microsoft.) Linux has no such Achilles' heel.
(This is, I suspect, why Apple has been putting a substantial amount of development resources into the creation of a functional equivalent to Microsoft Office. Apple is kept at bay by Microsoft quite easily: until iWork is a drop-in replacement, Microsoft holds the upper hand in their relationship. But they are facing a serious threat, one that thus far they've been powerless to stop the growth of. They've got enough cash reserves and enough fingers in enough pies that they won't die anytime soon. Now I don't think Microsoft's death is imminent. The nature of open sources licenses mean that it will be incredibly easy for "modern desktop Linux" to survive the death of their current front-runner. They've managed against it thus far is really just because (continuing the metaphor) it took a while to grow. The problem that MS is facing is that desktop Linux is somewhat of a hydra. If Canonical gets destroyed by Microsoft and Ubuntu ceases to exist, there will be a huge development influx into other distros, probably concentrating on either Fedora or one of the many Ubuntu spin-offs. Right now, Canonical's got (arguably) the best, most usable UI for new users, thus they have some of the largest user base. They're faced with competition from Linux Canonical may be a "symptom" of this, but they're not the real competition. Microsoft isn't faced with competition from Canonical.
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Times are getting tough, and with alternatives out there, they cannot afford Windows to be laden down with artificial barriers introduced at the behest of third parties.įor the first time in years it is faced with real and credible competition from both Apple and Canonical. But Microsoft has probably stopped listening, despite their now large ties to the entertainment industry. It's an anathema to their world view, where users have only limited, and in some cases temporary, control and access over their files. The media companies will kick and buck and scream and roar over this. How has Microsoft, as a company, made profit by pandering to these outside interests? In ten years of compromises, what benefit has Microsoft seen to the restrictions it has placed in its operating system? As open alternatives replace Microsoft products in this domain (Bitorrent/VLC/Boxee), it's clear that people are voting with their feet, and are choosing players and distribution methods that just do what they want them to do, without telling them that they can't. But it's still not in the living room, aside from the Xbox console, which does not need the media industry to get there. Microsoft, desperate to get itself into the living room, has been caving into the media industry for years now. Microsoft is waking up to this fact, not because they want to, but because in this day and age and culture, they have to. They want to show other people the files on their drives. People want to transfer files between the now multiple machines and accounts in their homes.
Microsoft has responded by locking its systems down, putting barriers in the way of people trying to us their PCs.īut culture has changed. Apple and Canonical have responded by giving users better tools and greater freedom with their files. People share their files, not only documents and music, but also video files.
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File sharing is a fact of life for the majority of PC users. It needs to stay competitive and its current liaisons with media companies are not helping it do that.Ĭulture has changed. For the first time in years it is faced with real and credible competition from both Apple and Canonical. It's main product, its flagship OS, is not selling a well as it might hope.
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