On Ubuntu

Canonical are moving to create a UMPC specific version of Ubuntu. We are still at the straws in the wind stage but this combined with the news that Linux is making strides in the mobile market is something Microsoft needs to do something about soon. I’ve said before I think this is the right time for Linux to break out into mainstream use and I see more and more evidence each day.

I’m most surprised that Microsoft is obsessing over advertising and Google just when serious competition is emerging for both their core businesses. Connectbeam and Trampoline may be small now but all it would take is an acquisition by Google, a turbo boost from Google Apps and they could have an enterprise suite which seriously threatens Office.

And getting into STBs wont be easy either with specialists like Humax already quietly rolling up numbers and BitTorrent deciding its future lies in the living room. I have the feeling all this adds up MS waking up one day with its core software business gone and not much to replace it. They are spending far too much time on competitors and too little on users who are learning to do without them.

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