Steve Ballmer. Microsoft CEO. A quote machine. He initially brushed off Android as a mobile platform with no business model and pitted it as just version one. Now comes a quote from him saying that Android is now a viable competitor...for PC's.
"We're very focused in on both Apple as a competitor and Linux as a competitor. I think the dynamic with Linux is changing somewhat. I assume we're going to see Android-based, Linux-based laptops in addition to phones. We'll see Google more as a competitor in the desktop operating system than we ever have before. The seams between what's a phone operating system and a PC operating system will change and so we have ramped the investment in the client operating system."
We poke fun at Ballmer a lot but he's no dummy. Android is incredibly versatile and if "netbooks" are the burgeoning market--a free and capable OS like Android has the potential to dominate. So yeah, Android is a legitimate competitor against Windows and PC's, we just can't wait until he realizes Android is a competitor against Windows Mobile as well.
[via modmygphone]
