July 3, 2007
Microsoft’s grip on the desktop is slipping
News.com
Martin LeMonica has a study that says the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is losing its stranglehold on the desktop market.
“But instead of the Web stealing away Windows users, as people have predicted for years, it’s Linux and handheld devices. According to an Evans Data study published on Tuesday, software developers are choosing to write applications for Windows deskop PCs less than they used to. In a survey, Evans Data found that almost 65 percent of software developers are targeting some version of Windows for their applications, as opposed to nearly 75 per cent last year. The research group expects the number to drop another two per cent in the coming year.”
In praise of the GPL
IT Wire
Sam Varghese tells the take of Richard Matthew Stallman.
“These days, Richard Matthew Stallman, the enigmatic founder of the Free Software Foundation, isn’t exactly flavour of the month.”
What’s left to say about the iPhone?
Business 2.0
Josh of Netly news sums up the iPhone.
“Despite all that I’ve read about it, some things surprised me. For instance, I believe that one of the best markets for this 1.0 phone isn’t consumers-who, without carrier subsidy or handset insurance, can’t afford to buy it, lose it or drop it in the toilet-but business users.”