Microsoft and windows are conquering new avenues all the time. What ever they may say against windows and microsoft I am a big fan of both windows and microsoft. Without bill gates the computing scene would have been very very different. If my mom is using a computer that just because windows made it so simple and popular.
Now microsoft has its eyes on the mobile domain. Simple mathematics justifies it. There are more mobile phones in this world than personal computers. And they are slowly conquering that market also.
The latest buzz is the launch of windows live apps on nokia mobiles. The Application suite includes Live Hotmail, Live Messenger, Live contacts and Live spaces. The applications are free to download also.
I believe this is just the beginning. Nokia also might switch to windows OS in the future. Many mobile manufacturers are now using windows for their phones. The only competition windows is facing is from linux.
Hmmm, windows sucks hard time. yes the computing would have been very different hadnt there been a M$. The basic problem with any other OS is that most of the hardware are manufactured for windows and the Product Mfgs do not care to release a driver (the compatiability layer) for other OSe
Most hardware works in a plug nd play manner in Linux.and for that works its easier in linux to manage the same in windowz
Be open to innovations ..and you survive..be closed..and you perish
-Anoop P Alias (GNU/Linux software evangelist)
Comment by Anoop P Alias — September 4, 2007 @ 9:02 am