They've got some clout
but are they really going to be able to get enough manufacturers to install it as the base OS? Man in the street isn't going to want it, it'll end up like Firefox - a small chunk of the market, maybe 10%, and then creep up incrementally over the next 10 years.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 9:58, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

10% of a market that size is
Still rather large.
( Cawl, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:03, Reply)

Especially for such a shit product!
Opera FTW!
(bill, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:09, Reply)

I disagree
The netbook market is probably the best place to start if you're going to try and dislodge M$. Netbooks aren't particularly well suited to the windows interface so it's possible to design one that's good enough for people to get over the barrier that familiarity creates (think smart phones).

The biggest problem will be interoperability with M$ office and allowing people to install software designed for windows. It's easily possible to make everything else "just work" in a much better way than windows already does.

If they have success with netbooks other notebooks, budget desktops and small businesses shouldn't be out of reach.
( Captain V, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:09, Reply)