Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 8 in the middle of the disordered
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been omitted in a discussion with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman about the competition in the mobile sector. So the Android platform is much too wild and too few controls, which would lead, among other things in a vulnerability to malicious software. Apple is, however, the exact opposite extreme. Here the regulation is far too high. Significantly better positioned Ballmer sees nature’s own product Windows 8 that lets you go almost the middle path between the two extremes of Android and iOS. No Überregeulierung, but not too many liberties. within the traditional desktop PC, the scene is the course many already too far. Just the closeness of the system, such as the shop or the restrictive use of the secure boot feature in tablets bring Microsoft a sometimes harsh criticism. Valve boss Gabe Newell looks in Windows 8 is a disaster for the PC market and can not be least because of the unity of Windows 8 is a Steam client for Linux development. This in turn seems to have set in motion the market entirely. Most recently has about Nvidia – not known as a big supporter of the Linux platform – a much more performant Linux drivers announced for its graphics cards down to the 8800-series.