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Originally posted by gmat
BB2K i'm not sure we'll really see an OS shift. If M$ plays well, and they're able to (in marketing terms), they'll hold their positions for a long long time. ... Do not underestimate Mr Gates and his friends.
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I believe that there will be a shift, just like any other product sold, competition builds.
MS has been fighting extremely hard to keep their market share, and their monopoly (anyone would). The security issues surrounding all MS products may turn out to be their demise. Anyone remember Novell? They should be on top of MS, for servers, but they're not. Why?
MS will have to pay much closer attention to the user community, in order to maintain their monopoly. Right now, it looks like MS is suffering from "big company" syndrome: too big to listen, too slow to move.
This is where small companies (Red Hat) come in, at lightning speed and just sweep up a huge marketshare.