Microsoft recognized Linux threats for the first time

[It168 Information]According to foreign media reports, Microsoft recently admitted to the 10-K annual management documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first time, such as red hat) linux operating system publishers such as canonical have become competitors in Microsoft's Windows client business.

Microsoft said Red Hat and canonical (Note: The company is the Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system publisher) will compete for the market directly with the Microsoft Windows client business after entering the netbook business field, and may pose a potential threat to windows in the conventional laptop business field.

Rob Helm, Microsoft analyst at directions on, an independent U.S. market research company, said: "In the netbook field, Linux and other operating systems have torn apart Microsoft Windows defense lines, in the future, Windows may be challenged in the field of conventional Laptops and Desktops."

Before that, Microsoft only admitted that RedHat would pose a threat to Microsoft servers and business tools. "Microsoft's Windows client business is currently facing fierce competition from other sources, including Apple, canonical, and RedHat," Microsoft wrote in its 10-K annual management document ."

Microsoft acknowledges that Linux has been welcomed by some users in the netbook business field, especially in emerging markets around the world. Major PC manufacturers consider reducing product costs, the Linux operating system is planned to be preinstalled In the netbook. Microsoft stressed that HP and Intel, as Microsoft's partners, also decided to support Linux to enter the PC market.

Todd Bishop, an American tech blog author, first noticed the Linux market threat description in the Microsoft 10-K file. Hurm of directions on Microsoft said that Microsoft is not willing to enter the market because of its low profits in the netbook business, but hopes to replace netbooks with "slim, regular laptops.

Helm also pointed out that since Microsoft's current Windows client product Vista was listed, a large number of hardware and software incompatibility has emerged, which is also one of the important reasons for Linux to "take advantage of everything. Despite this, the netbook market still enjoys an absolute advantage in Microsoft's Windows XP operating system.