Comments on: Atomic Warfare

By: Tommy Radaker

Tommy Radaker — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:59:55 +0000

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核战：英特尔挑战微软 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:23:34 +0000

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By: Ursus

Ursus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:33:28 +0000

You just write down whatever forms in your head during the magic minutes between slumber and awake, don’t you

Intel bought Wind River because it complements their lineup and eliminates a competitor, and has nuts to do with going to war against Microsoft

By: N. Ilie

N. Ilie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:36:03 +0000

I can answer this for you. It’s so easy!
In order to be 100% compatible and capable replacement for Microsoft Office, any would-be Office-killer should have to :
1. be able to read MS Office documents formats and have extensive knowledge on how Microsoft Office applications are rendering those files (usually you get all this only if Microsoft allows it)
2. pay Microsoft a license to be able to do #1 or risk being sued for IP violations (there is a risk of being non profitable either way you do it)
3. make sure Microsoft does not change the internal format of its Office documents without letting you know about it (why should they?) and thus rendering the would-be Office-killer non compatible. There will be no way you could suspect them since their Office reads those documents without any problem while your Office doesn’t. Microsoft will have a good laugh at the company who would attempt this.

It’s not about money or programming skills. It’s all because you have to play by Microsoft’s rules.

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:26:09 +0000

Atomic Warfare…

ntel last week bought for $884 million Wind River Systems, a venerable embedded operating system company — yet another of the chip giant’s recent forays into software. The reason for this purchase is both simple and grand — to help Intel vertical…

By: Robert Young

Robert Young — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:04:23 +0000

Backwards. Office was written for the Mac, then ported to Windoze: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_office

Apple paid M$ for the development. Saved M$, in fact.

By: John

John — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:24:34 +0000

One of life’s great mysteries! Why is not there a 100% compatible and capable replacement for Microsoft Office? If someone would invest a few $million, hire a dozen or so gifted programmers, and really fix up Open Office — they could create an Office-killer — and could get their investment back in the first month it is out.

If someone really wants to change the world — create the Office-killer.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:24:20 +0000

Until Moblin gets a port of MS Office, people will continue to pick winxp for their netbooks. The main reason I use a netbook is for MS Office applications. I know about openoffice.org and google docs but it is a hassle when I am working with complex powerpoint, excel, or word files.

Remember years ago when Apple was on its deathbed and MSFT came to the rescue by finally releasing MS Office on their OS along with investing millions of dollars ( I think it was a $150 million investment). This is what I believe saved Apple and allowed it to sell its wares to the mainstream market.

By: John

John — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:49:20 +0000

Go to pbs.org and read a couple of Bob’s columns on doing business despite Microsoft. Intel may be doing the exact right thing. They have some business plans and are doing what is needed to make them happen. Obviously some of their plans do not involve Microsoft and they are acquiring the technology they need.

We’re really got to get over all this negativity. It doesn’t solve any problems or make us more successful. It is really a distraction.

By: Scott A

Scott A — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:44:46 +0000

But this is changing – More and more “applications” have been rolled into all operating systems, so that most users can do everything they need without installing any third party apps. The three big exceptions to that are iTunes, Enterprise Apps, and games.

Enterprise Apps are moving more and more to a web/cloud/saas model, so OS may not be much of an issue in the future. All you need is a good AJAX capable browser and most employees at most companies should be fine.

Hard core gaming will continue to be highly optimized for the OS, but that isn’t too big a market. Most game playing has already moved to flash based web apps.