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The recently announced Karmic Koala will be the next version after that.
Jaunty Jakalope (not yet released as 9.04) is due out as an Alpha 5 pre-release today or tomorrow. Intrepid Ibex (8.10) is the most recent release of Ubuntu. Hardy Heron (8.04) is the most recent Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Thats ONE version iteration, which speaks to the pace of Linux development.
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The version before (forget the name) required installation of external drivers and command line configuration. In Ubuntu Hardy Heron (the latest, I believe) my ralink wifi adapter works right out of the first installation. Please speak of these matters using FACTS, sir.
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Similar packages (until recently when once again OSS came to the rescue) for Windows used to be very expensive. VPN has always been excellent considering it was Unix R&D that invented it, and doesn’t cost anything. Dial-up has always been supported, once again the failing factor was useability, not lack. What it has lacked in the past is useability, but that is rapidly changing. In reality, Linux (I don’t really care what Distro you use) does internet supremely well, much better than windows, especially in the realm of stability. VPN capability (critical for home broadband in some regions such as Russia) isn’t provided out of the box while being a question of installing a couple of supporting packages for NetworkManager.
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Dial-up is supported very poorly (yes, many people do still use dialup, some full time, some as a fallback when other options don’t work or aren’t available).
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Wireless can still be a problem (though much less than before, thanks to the kernel driver improvements). In reality, Linux (if used as a collective name for today’s desktop Linux distributions) doesn’t do Internet very well even on regular PCs. No OS does Internet (on different devices) better than Linux. Apple cannot offer those, but Linux and piracy can. With an economy that’s not doing very well, people will opt for cheaper products. In any case, it appears that Linux (and piracy) is a larger blip on Microsoft’s radar than Apple, and it’s not hard to see why. As we said yesterday, Apple might be doing swell in the United States, but on a worldwide scale, Cupertino still falls a bit to the wayside.
Apple’s market share might be increasing, but it’s still relatively irrelevant compared to the bigger picture. Round and about 9-10 million of those were Macs. About 300 million PCs were shipped worldwide in 2008. It’s an interesting amount of market share, while not necessarily being as dramatic as people would think, but we’re very focused in on both Apple as a competitor, and Linux as a competitor.Īs much as I find Ballmer a rather annoying figure, he does score a major point here. And a point of market share on a number that’s about 300 million is interesting. I think depending on how you look at it, Apple has probably increased its market share over the last year or so by a point or more. He went on to explain how the company views Apple: “Linux, you could see on the slide, and Apple has certainly increased its share somewhat,” Ballmer said. Much more interesting is Microsoft’s idea of Linux and Apple, According to Microsoft, Linux is a bigger threat to the company than Apple, placing Linux above Apple in the marketshare figure pie chart thing. “Number two market share goes to Windows pirated, or unlicensed,” Balmer said, “That’s a competitor that’s tough to beat, they’ve got a good price and a heck of a product, but we’re working on it.” This isn’t exactly new information, but it’s interesting to see it spelled out so clearly. Microsoft sees two other competitors as their primary adversaries.ĭuring a speech for investors, Steve Ballmer showed the following slide to his audience:Īs you can see, Microsoft sees piracy as its biggest competitor. You’d think Apple was their number one competitor – and you’d be wrong. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer had some interesting things to say yesterday about which companies Microsoft sees as its competitors in the client operating system space.
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