Re: [QD-Filosofia] Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux

Agora a bola da vez do FUD são as patentes...

[]s, gandhi

Omar Kaminski wrote:

> http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,95633,00.html 
>
>
> Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux
> He predicted more IT change in the next decade than in the last
>
> News Story by Paul Roberts
>
> SEPTEMBER 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Addressing a gathering of 
> software industry leaders in Boston today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve 
> Ballmer touted his company's vision for a bright future and cast doubt 
> on alternatives to the Windows operating system, such as Linux.
>
> Speaking to members of the Massachusetts Software Council, Ballmer 
> said he is excited about the promise of technological advances in the 
> next decade. But he shed his visionary mantle soon after, taking shots 
> at the open-source software development community and warning 
> participants to think twice before adopting open-source products like 
> Linux.
>
> "I'm as fired up now as I've ever been in 24 years at Microsoft," 
> Ballmer said. Noting the rapid adoption of technology such as PCs, the 
> Internet and cellular telephones in the preceding decade, Ballmer said 
> a new generation of software and hardware, driven by advances in 
> speech-recognition and multimedia technologies, will revolutionize the 
> way individuals work and live.
>
> "In the next 10 years, you're going to see more positive change than 
> in the last 10," Ballmer said.
>
> Noting the prevalent use of pen and paper by audience members, Ballmer 
> wondered aloud why the content of his speech was not being captured 
> and translated automatically, while also being synchronized with 
> real-time video and a copy of his Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. 
> Advances in software in coming years would make such steps practical 
> and would make "information workers" and those in fast-growing fields 
> like health care more productive, he said.
>
> Ballmer promoted Microsoft's products as a key to that transformation, 
> including the next version of the Windows operating system, dubbed 
> Longhorn, and the company's .Net computing architecture.
>
> Joking about recent news regarding a curtailed list of features in 
> Longhorn, Ballmer said that cutting back on the promised features at 
> least allowed the company to announce a release date for the product, 
> which was a "major accomplishment."
>
> Despite the focus on the next version of Windows, Microsoft is also 
> working to make its offerings more interoperable with products using 
> other software platforms such as Linux, Unix and XML, Ballmer said.
>
> Ballmer singled out XML and Web services as the "big breakthrough" of 
> the next decade that will spur innovation. "The fact that companies 
> like Oracle, IBM and [Microsoft] have bet on an architected approach 
> to interoperability is huge," he said.
>
> Even while promoting interoperability, Ballmer scoffed at arguments 
> that his company's operating system creates a computing "monoculture," 
> and he took a swipe at those who would see Linux replace Windows on 
> corporate servers and desktops.
>
> Microsoft's platforms offer better interoperability with the company's 
> other technology, such as .Net, reducing the total cost of ownership 
> of Windows compared with Linux, which is available for free but often 
> requires significant effort to integrate and maintain, Ballmer said. 
> He pointed to a Microsoft-sponsored study by Forrester Research Inc. 
> and a similar study by Gartner Inc. to bolster his claims.
>
> Technology research groups have published different findings about the 
> cost benefits of using Linux compared with Windows, with some, 
> including IDC, finding that the cost of owning Linux is less than the 
> cost of owning Windows and others finding the opposite to be true.
>
> On the touchy issue of security, Ballmer also dismissed the notion 
> that Linux is more secure than Windows, saying that Linux would be 
> attacked just as frequently as Windows if the open-source operating 
> system had as large a share of the operating system market as Windows.
>
> "If you have two popular operating systems, both will get attacked --  
> whatever is popular is going to be attacked," he said.
>
> While not perfect on security, Microsoft has a defined process for 
> addressing security vulnerabilities, unlike the open-source community, 
> which he said is "all over the map" when it comes to addressing 
> vulnerabilities in Linux.
>
> Finally, Ballmer argued that companies should be wary of the lack of 
> indemnity from lawsuits, such as the suit filed by The SCO Group Inc. 
> against DaimlerChrysler AG, IBM, Novell Inc. and others over parts of 
> the Linux operating system that SCO claims infringe on elements of the 
> Unix operating system that it owns.
>
> "In the Linux world, nobody stands behind patent claims," he said, 
> noting that Microsoft's customers would be protected even if the 
> company were forced to swallow a $550 million judgment if it loses its 
> ongoing case with Eolas Technologies Inc.
>
> "I'm not trying to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt," Ballmer said. 
> "I just think people should go out and research this for themselves."
>
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