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osOpinion: Xbox: A Business Strategy Gone Wrong

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“If Microsoft keeps screwing around with this post-PC nonsense,
it is going to become a self-fulfilling prophecy — which leads me
to the reasons why the Xbox is such good news for Linux.”

“If Microsoft takes its eye off the PC ball and the post-PC
world happens, then Microsoft will become so overwhelmed trying to
dominate all the various platforms, that the whole creaking heap
will slide down the hill into Lake Sammamish.”

“So all you Linux advocates, I know this may be hard. But for
the sake of your preferred platform, grit your teeth, paste on a
big smile, and get out there and support the Xbox.”

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