ssj12 said:
Linux is nearing 1% market share.... |
Right, and I actually am a Linux fan and user, but it's still the fringe OS... too complicated for the other 99% of the market it hasn't grabbed.
Redhat is about as close as Linux has come to being "user friendly" but there remains a serious lack of available programs for Linux, and worse off, a lack of drivers for hardware.
I'm no MS banner waiver, I'm just realistic. I would love to see another OS come along and take on MS, if for no other reason, because it would force MS to actually perfect their OS prior to releasing them. Monopolies kill incentives for improvement.
But, considering just about every PC program ever released in the last 20 years is Windows based, that's a pretty steep hill to climb. Any OS that steps to the plate almost has to be compatible with programs encoded for use with Windows. And since that's not legal, it's going to take an underground movement that remains clandestine I suppose... I mean, IBM with OS2 attempted to do it with all of their resourses, but it never was able to leave the shadows of server applications.
MAC OS is as close as it's ever going to come, and in order for it to take off, they either need to start making budget MACs, or just accept their 8% role.
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