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Otellini: 'MID revolution will be centred round Linux'
Ben Furfie May 29 2008, 11:59am
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Intel CEO says Microsoft's insistence on pushing Vista will hand market to open source rival
Intel's CEO has said that he sees the revolution that is about to happen around mobile internet devices (MID) such as the Eee PC and other Atom-based sub-notebooks will be "centred round Linux", in an interview with Associated Press.
Speaking about the level of development in the market Paul Otellini said that much of the demand in the laptop market was being driven solely by sub-notebooks: "I've not seen energy like this from our customers in a long, long time. Everyone views this as being sort of hyperexpansive to the existing market."
Only ten years ago, Windows and Intel were so closely intwined that as the Associated Press noted, the two firms were known as 'Wintel'; however, today's reality was far different with Otellini saying when asked what involvement Microsoft's OS would play in the future of MIDs, he suggested the firm's continued insistence in retiring XP would significantly hurt its presence in the market.
"Vista has a larger memory footprint, larger graphics requirements and a higher price point," he said. "This is all about low-cost computing. I see much of the activity in mobile internet devices, sort of the evolution of the handset, being centred around Linux.
His comments will come as a major blow to Microsoft. Only yesterday, the firm's chief software architect Ray Ozzie identified Open Source as the firm's greatest threat.
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“Its not it's”
Posted by: g8man - May 30, 3:06pm
he suggested the firm's continued insistence in retiring XP would significantly hurt it's presence in the market.
It's "its" when possessive, not it's.
It's is ONLY EVER a substitute for 'it is".
“Re: Its not it's”
Posted by: Brett Stocks - May 30, 3:09pm
What are you going on about? It doesn't say that.
“Hypocrite”
Posted by: Retailer X - May 30, 3:38pm
Ermmm... as Brett says, it doesn't say that at all and also, "It's is ONLY EVER a substitute for 'it is'."
It is is? Oh well. If you're going to make an idiot of yourself, you might as well go whole hog.
“It's not!”
Posted by: P.Woods - May 30, 9:49pm
Can't a pedant have a moan?
Bret and Retailer; g8man is quite right.
Learn English dudes!
“Re: It's not!”
Posted by: Brett - May 31, 9:30am
Actually, have a look at the story P.Woods. What g8man has quoted isn't there and I doubt it ever was.
Yes, he is right about the way that grammar works but the thing he is moaning about supposedly being in the story isn't there.