Apple and Linux: Major Threats to Windows 7
While Microsoft is going the Hollywood way to perk up its Windows 7 release, arch rivals Apple and Linux aren't sitting still. Expediting the operating systems war, Apple started pulling out all the stops with it's anti-Windows 7 ad campaign a week before Windows 7 launch, which was overtly focused on the upgrade hassles from Windows XP to 7. On the other end, Linux advocate IBM in a bid to cramp Microsoft OS joined Linux distributor Canonical to introduce a new cloud-and-Linux-based offering called IBM Client for Smart Work. Adding to fray, Ubuntu came up with a functionally equivalent alternative that is smooth with the Web and on the cuff. However, Mac still remains the major potential threat to Windows supremacy over the operating system market as the Cupertino company is all set to roll out new versions of its iconic Macs, all-in-one iMac desktops and its abated laptop MackBook.
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