http://www.siliconstrat.com/blog/2008/05/06/microsoft-marketing-mistakes-may-be-fatal/ Technology Marketing from a Strategic Viewpoint Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.siliconstrat.com/blog/2008/05/06/microsoft-marketing-mistakes-may-be-fatal/#comment-225 Marketing Memos -- Microsoft Reaction? Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:16:37 +0000 http://www.siliconstrat.com/blog/2008/05/06/microsoft-marketing-mistakes-may-be-fatal/#comment-225 [...] One of the defects of Vista is its lack of modularity. The monolithic, out-sized kernel and the inbred stack keeps Microsoft from reacting quickly to market changes and providing real and valuable new features. Linux has a tiny kernel and since all functionality outside of the kernel is modular, you can add just as much extra capability to Linux as you need. That is why Linux is rapidly finding its way into embedded devices. Macs are based on UNIX and Apple took the same modular approach. We see Apple releasing updates to their OS much more frequently that Microsoft (major earthquakes come slightly more frequently than Microsoft operating system releases, which means there must be some mystic connections between all forms of disasters). [...] [...] One of the defects of Vista is its lack of modularity. The monolithic, out-sized kernel and the inbred stack keeps Microsoft from reacting quickly to market changes and providing real and valuable new features. Linux has a tiny kernel and since all functionality outside of the kernel is modular, you can add just as much extra capability to Linux as you need. That is why Linux is rapidly finding its way into embedded devices. Macs are based on UNIX and Apple took the same modular approach. We see Apple releasing updates to their OS much more frequently that Microsoft (major earthquakes come slightly more frequently than Microsoft operating system releases, which means there must be some mystic connections between all forms of disasters). [...]

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