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I am absolutely sure that a change on the desktop market is coming and that open source operating systems will gain a nice percentage of the market share, if no

by gitarr 14y ago

I am absolutely sure that a change on the desktop market is coming and that open source operating systems will gain a nice percentage of the market share, if not the majority thereof. But this change will be a lot slower than we would like it to be. It'll come, but it'll take some time. We saw similar changes in the browser and the phone markets recently, it went faster there because it's an easier change for non-technical users. It's rather great that the floodgate is now open and that open source is slowly overtaking their proprietary software and operating system counterparts. It's also a fact though that Microsoft and surely others are trying to close them again, one approach is the "secure boot" nonsense for example. One can only hope (and of course, work on open source whenever possible) that they won't succeed in that.

drzaiusapelord 14y ago
This is EXACTLY the same argument when Vista came out, which was a subpar release, and yet another "Year of The Linux Desktop" was not upon us then nor is it now. This was also the same argument when XP came out. I remember the slashdot kiddies saying "Its Win2000 with fisher price colors! Mandrake will be the new desktop." Err, okay. I love FOSS, but the idea that Joe Sixpack is switching to Ubuntu because the start button is missing is a little overblown. I'm begining to feel sorry for MS's Windows product. Its a damned if you/damned if you don't scenario. If they don't innovate and do something different then they'll be criticized for being stale. When they do innovate they're criticized for confusing users and not sticking with the same tired WIMP formula. I get it, these critics are biased, but lets at least wait until the RTM gets in the hands of users before we call it a disaster. It might very well work out for MS. Win8 went from a joke on these forums to a brave OS after the MS surface announcement. Public opinion is quite fickle isn't it?

by gitarr 14y ago

drzaiusapelord 14y ago

This is EXACTLY the same argument when Vista came out, which was a subpar release, and yet another "Year of The Linux Desktop" was not upon us then nor is it now. This was also the same argument when XP came out. I remember the slashdot kiddies saying "Its Win2000 with fisher price colors! Mandrake will be the new desktop." Err, okay. I love FOSS, but the idea that Joe Sixpack is switching to Ubuntu because the start button is missing is a little overblown. I'm begining to feel sorry for MS's Windows product. Its a damned if you/damned if you don't scenario. If they don't innovate and do something different then they'll be criticized for being stale. When they do innovate they're criticized for confusing users and not sticking with the same tired WIMP formula. I get it, these critics are biased, but lets at least wait until the RTM gets in the hands of users before we call it a disaster. It might very well work out for MS. Win8 went from a joke on these forums to a brave OS after the MS surface announcement. Public opinion is quite fickle isn't it?