Microsoft to Mobile Customers: Choice is a Bad Thing (and Linux will Lose)

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 21, 2010 5:18 AM EDT
The Linux Foundation; By Jim Zemlin
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Last week, David Coursey reported that Microsoft entertainment and devices boss Robbie Bach made the prediction in an analyst briefing that Linux on mobile will lose. Why? It’s choice is a bad thing for customers and that there is too much Linux in the mobile marketplace. By Bach’s count there are 17 variants of Linux available on mobile phones. He sees this as a bad thing for customers. We, unsurprisingly, see this as a bad thing for Microsoft.

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