In article ne.com, Andrew
Gideon wrote:
The score is 98 to 2, and you still think Microsoft hasn't won the OS war?

And all attempts at manned heavier-than-air manned flight failed. Until one
didn't.

The main point is that it's the World Wide Web, not the Microsoft web.

As time goes on, the %age of websites viewed on a PC is going to
decrease - no, not to do with Linux or the open source alternatives, but
because of mobile phones. 3G and GPRS capable mobile phones running
Symbian are becoming increasingly popular at a very rapid rate. Symbian
does not use Microsoft Internet Explorer. Microsoft are NOT doing well
in the mobile market compared to the alternatives - companies like Nokia
etc. have seen what Microsoft have done to the PC manufacturers, and
don't want it to happen to them - hence the big names in the mobile
market (Nokia, Sony Erricsen, Psion etc.) settled on Symbian rather than
anything from Redmond. It's a new front in the 'OS War', potentially a
much bigger market than the PC market, and it's one that Microsoft is
doing very poorly in. Microsoft might have won the 'PC battle', but they
have by no means won the war.

It's not 'anti-MS' zealots who are buying Symbian and other non-MS
mobile phones. It's the general populace. Just like the cell phone is
replacing the fixed line, it wouldn't surprise me if most non-geeks do
their websurfing on a mobile device within 10 years, instead of a large,
expensive PC. Ignore mobile users at your peril - they may make up a
very large proportion of your page views within the next few years. It's
certainly the case here where using mobile phones for non-voice
applications is more popular than using them for voice applications!

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