On 13/12/2018 13:16, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Windows still sell it's OS in new computers (nearly forced selling)
Well, yes, it does, true. And so does Apple. But, for instance, you can build your own desktop computer and run either OS on it. Me, I like the simplicity of macOS, so although I have the skills to build my own PC, and have built many PCs, I just bought a used Mac. This year, I replaced it with a newer used Mac. It's pretty, quiet, and it just works. I don't like Apple's modern keyboards and pointing devices, though, so I use a 1980s mechanical Apple keyboard (through an interface convertor). My laptops are cheap used Thinkpads. It saves me a lot of money and I am happy with the results.
and you are true, but no FOSS company have the Google power:-(
It's not about Google's power. Anyone could have done a 3rd party FOSS implementation of Microsoft's groupware, but nobody did. Why not? Well, I think it's because Unix people tend to like simple old-fashioned tools like plain-text email over IMAP, IRC and so on. Anyone could have done a network directory and admin tool like Active Directory. Why didn't they? Because Unix people love their text config files and have strong preferences about things like packaging systems. Result, now, we have systemd and lots of people hate it, and we _still_ don't have a modern working network directory and admin tool for Unix. Anyone could have done standards-based single-sign-on, and integrated it with the above two things. But nobody did, because for Linux vendors, the money is in cloud servers, not stuff like that. Result, Microsoft remained in control of its market segment, Apple of its, and Google has done a sort of end-run around them both which might ultimately win out and outsell both of the big 2 proprietary vendors. And the most ironic thing of all, Google's offerings are based on Linux after all! -- Liam Proven - Technical Writer, SUSE Linux s.r.o. Corso II, Křižíkova 148/34, 186-00 Praha 8 - Karlín, Czechia Email: lproven@suse.com - Office telephone: +420 284 241 084 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org