For what it's worth I believe that Microsoft will get hurt sooner or later by
Linux. I have personally been using only Linux (NOT DUAL BOOT) for the last 3
years and I can tell you that I have seen Linux coming a long way to where it
is now. Unfortunately Linuxs survival does depend on Software developers
developing for Linux platforms but then again its the same story for
Microsoft. I think as more and more software developers are realising that
Linux is coming up strong and starting to develop software for Linux the
stronger Linux gets the weaker Microsoft gets. I must a admit I am doing my bit
for the Linux community cause I already converted my Father-in-law (NOT
technical at all) to Linux for his home system, email, internet, Documents, etc
and I have resentely converted my sister to Linux too (Suse 8.2) and she loves
it. :-).
Anyway to resume all this my guess is that in the next 5 years Microsoft will
BE loosing great market share to the Linux community.
P.S. I am already waiting for Suse 9 to come out in UK. :-)
Quoting Gedi
I was at a training course a few days ago. Whilst the rest of the group I was with had wondered off to stretch their leg in the break, I ended up on a discussion with the consultant/training officer about Linux, Unix, programming etc...
He passed a comment that Linux would never make it make it into homes or even onto workstations. The average user will always want microsoft product and far too much investment has been made with microsoft as a whole to warrant changing. His argument was, he was a software developer mainly for industry and virtually 100% of his work is for microsoft based software, even though his company offers development on any platform.
Needless to say we ended up arguing!!
As this list is home to many industry proffesionals, I would love to hear your comments on this.
Was he correct??
Will Linux ever be a real threat to Microsoft, not just in industry, but in the household also?
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