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Why Windows Is Bad for Business

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 8, 2010

“Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is highly skilled at being “a
little cocky” as he trumpets the global desktop dominance of his
company’s Windows operating system.

“”Ninety-five percent of the world’s computers run Windows,”
Ballmer proudly told an audience of students at Sweden’s Royal
Institute of Technology on Monday. “They don’t run Mac, they don’t
run Linux.”

“Microsoft is also very good at suggesting that Windows malware
is an industry problem rather than one that’s a direct result of
its own lax security.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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