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voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:

Linux doesn't figure in this story. Why?
because it is a hobbyists' OS. hobbyists use it for their hobbies. The fact is some of them choose not to get a commercial OS, but they may have chosen not to do that even if they didn't have linux as a hobby.
In real life linux is getting used more and more in businesses, homes and for servers, and this will have its commercial effect, but linux is not a company, there's not (really) any controlling interest, and it can't go out of business, because it was never in business to start with. linux does not compete with any other OS. in a very real sense the people who choose linux over any other commercial product are themselves the instruments of change. linux itself is just a piece of software for hobbyists.

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I don't really agree with this. Apple would probably pick up the bulk of the desktop but Linux would replace Windows on servers before Sun does. Sun will keep the servers it already has but on the Lower end servers that Windows runs on Linux would easily replace it.  I am have no discrimination when it comes to replacing an OS with Linux. I replace just as many Sun servers as I do Windows servers. Two more down just today.

Calum:
hooray! onward the revolution!
i have had limited experience with sun's stuff (a few months with a company database running on SunOS5) but it looks like their politics may echo M$ on a more sedate sensible level.
Actually i reckon that linux will be very widespread, but because it's not a company, it'll never have a market share, it'll just eliminate the market share of real companies.
As far as servers are concerned, there is no reason that i can see why linux would not always be the best choice of OS. but, once the server revolution is firmly in place (as it is) linux will need to make an effort to become a workstation OS quick before it gets pigeonholed as a server only thing. i reckon we might see a backlash of people who used linux when it was unstable (like now for example!) as a desktop OS and compared it with windows (remember that these people have been using windows for a while and can sidestep many of its 'issues' without even knowing they're doing it) unfavourably.
If too many people get the idea that linux is only for top end users (which to an extent it is, desktopwise), and Apple computer make an OS that requires new and expensive hardware to run, the way is open for Sun MicroSystems to ruch in there and whip the market away. They haven't had the publicity so far that linux has had, but they are a company, and this means that if they get their act together, they could probably outmaneuvre linux in the publicity arena.
I don't know, we'll see, but in 10 years time, maybe i'll bump into you on the fucksunOS.com forums!!

vasper:
>Thousands of Compatible Applications
Mostly Microsoft made and BloatWare!
Thousands smaller are freely available on the Net for almost every flavour of *nix and doing the same job with a smaller footprint, 5 times faster and on inferior hardware.

>Better Integration and Ease of Use

Ctrl Alt Del 123:
About WMP, by default (and default = crap) WMP WILL CONNECT TO THE NET, go Tools > Options and turn off anything that looks like WMP will connect to the internet.

I'll repeat myself, WMP doesn't connect to the internet, ZA is set to Max security and has WMP set to ASK if it is allowed to connect to the net, and it doesn't.

Macman:
Wow, reading your comments I realized something, if M$ goes under, Linux will explode (in a good way).

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