Microsoft's Ballmer: "Linux Requires Our Concentrated Focus and Attention" (LinuxWorld.com)

Posted Apr 29, 2004 17:42 UTC (Thu) by libra (guest, #2515)
Parent article: Microsoft's Ballmer: "Linux Requires Our Concentrated Focus and Attention" (LinuxWorld.com)

It is often said that OSS is lagging behind proprietary software in term of innovations. Here Ballmer just says that they have to concentrate their focus on Linux. I guess he feels that Microsoft is in fact starting to lag behind.

They still have a chance if they manage to concentrate on real innovations and real help to the consummers and not on over-proprietrization of things with hope to reduce others ability to advance.

So I would advice Mr Ballmer to concentrate his focus on :
- real innovation (instead of copying and patenting trivialities)
- real added value to their product (instead of over marketing)
- real help to customers (instead of pushing what microsoft want to impose on the market for they own and sole benefit)
- real support to Internet' standards (instead of proprietarization of things)

It seems they are still not ready to follow the right path, it may explain why they fit so well with SUN, though SUN may have more hope than them on those fields.