From time to time Microsoft needs to present to the market several reports with relevant information for investors, customers and partners. And this information is just a list of top competitors in each business area. The last report filed by certain they had removed references to Linux. A change in vision or a serious mistake to overlook the "enemy"?
The change in the report, seen in the picture below, is generating much discussion just by the exchange of competitors. Before the list contained the names of Apple, Google and the Linux operating system, and now changed to "primarily Apple and Google." The mention of Linux and free software was removed.
The change report between last year and this year. Removed references to Linux
There is much to discuss this change, but we can not help but notice something interesting: Google is still seen as a competitor. Now that Google Chrome has been developing ... is not essentially a Linux operating system? Microsoft would not be disregarding a potential player that can appear anywhere in a bid to a competitor? Or is that the company is planning several changes and even pretend to function closer to the free software community? For now are just speculations.
Either way, Linux is still cited in other sections of the document. As far as servers and embedded systems Microsoft still sees Linux as a competitor.
