Re: Woz and Amelio start new company

["sicklittlemonkey" <Nick.Westgate@gmail.com>]

Microsoft's posturing has little to do with the future of computing in
developing countries. They were probably never a contender for the OS
of a $100 machine based on LinuxBIOS. In fact open source is making
great inroads in developed countries too - at least where pork barrel
tactics don't hold sway.

Government adoption will drive large corporate adoption, and that will
trickle down. Winning from the bottom up has been intractible for
reasons related to some of the points you bring up. But things like
national security and interoperability will trump market concerns in
the long run. Look at the recent US/UK spat over the Joint Strike
Fighter source code.

Hmm, we seem to have strayed waaay off topic. ;-)
Any further and I fear a Grue may get us.

Cheers,
Nick.