[Ubuntu-BD] Windows' Endgame. Desktop Linux's Failure

[maSnun]

A very nice, concise and conclusive write up. I agree!

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Shumon <shumon.jahan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Would like to hear people's comments on this article...
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> Shumon
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> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/windows-endgame-desktop-linuxs-failure/9109
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> *Windows' Endgame. Desktop Linux's Failure*
>
> “After nearly a decade, Microsoft’s reign as a monopoly is over.” … “The
> latest real-world data on web usage confirms that Microsoft’s once-dominant
> position in the world of personal computing is crumbling.” That’s not me,
> the Linux guy speaking. No, that’s Ed Bott, who’s as much a Windows fan as
> I
> am a Linux fan. Ed’s the one, not me, who’s saying that “if Windows 8 flops
> on phones and tablets, Microsoft’s future is very dim indeed.”
>
> Desktop Linux’s future isn’t any better. Windows isn’t declining because of
> Linux’s security or stability benefits. No, as Ed points out, it’s
> declining
> because of the rise of mobile computing. Apple’s iPhone and iPad are the
> ‘villians” in the mystery of who killing Windows. And, they’re also killing
> off the traditional desktop Linux.
>
> When I say this though I don’t mean that Windows won’t still be on
> computers
> in 2021. It will be. What it won’t be though is the dominant computing
> platform. Unlike Ed, I do think that Microsoft is moving too late to a
> mobile, tablet-based computing paradigm. Windows 8 will be too little, too
> late.
>
> Linux, however, is in a funny place. Linux, through Android, is becoming an
> important operating system for end-users. Most people don’t know it though.
> If you ask them “Could you use Linux?” If they even know what Linux is,
> they’ll say “No.” Ask them can they use their phone, they’ll say “Yes, of
> course.”
>
> We’ve seen this before People having been using Linux without realizing it
> for years now thanks to Google, Yahoo, and the thousands of other major Web
> sites that rely on Linux for their server operating system. We’ll see this
> in the future not only with the continued rise of Android but with all the
> other mobile Linux systems such as HP’s webOS, Google’s Chromebooks; and
> MeeGo.
>
> None of these though are traditional Linux desktops. Only Ubuntu’s Unity
> comes from what most of who’ve been using Linux for years think of as
> mainstream Linux. Perhaps Unity will become a major player in the mobile
> space. I fear it may also be a case of too little, too late, but we’ll see
> what we see.
>
> So it is that while I’m now more sure than ever that Linux, thanks to its
> presence in servers, cloud, and mobile devices, will eventually be more
> important than Windows, I also think that almost no one will know it. Linux
> will–indeed already is–become the foundation on which many other user
> systems will be built. But both desktop Windows and Linux are going to
> decline.
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