On Monday 11 September 2006 01:03 pm, Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
A Harvard Study which uses formal economic modelling to determine "Will OSS ever displace traditional software from its market leadership position?" came to a (not so?) surprising result. Linux is likely to remain second best as long as Microsoft has a first mover advantage.
which means that M$ is a lost case already since they dont have a 64bit os. The problem with disruptive technologies is that there are no known models to predict with any reasonable accuracy future outcomes. The biggest fallacy in the article is relying on present market behaviour as a template. Nonetheless avery interesting article and as the authors say we can learn.