MS will definitely be around for a long time, but Linux and Mac are are the up and up, especially now that virtual machines and dual booting are becoming more common. Yes, we might still be running Windows, but we're running it sparingly. It's more important to get people using these systems than making mainstream software compatible with it (only really a problem with games and some adobe products). Look at mac, they're what, 5% of the market? They don't have many games, but they do have a section in many stores, they even released Halo on the mac (I know Bungie was originally mac, but still, makes you go wtf.) I have no doubt that thanks to linux being made easier to use by distros such as ubuntu, it will most likely be at least able to compete with Mac OS within ten years, if not have a wider userbase than mac, mainly people just need to hear about things like DSL and Xubuntu/Flexbuntu, being able to run new things on older computers. That and people need to just be more exposed to linux. Hell, I bet if you took a single public airport, changed their internet stalls/net cafes over to linux, you'd see thousands of new Linux users within the year from that alone.
Still, it's way too soon to be singing about the death of microsoft. Kinda like sony, they might be sucking really hard right now, but they're too big to just die like that. Maybe 50 years from now MS will be gone, but I doubt that. MS has too much of the market, too much money to die out, hell, I bet MS has a pile of cash large enough for them to spend the next few centuries running the company into the ground, if they want. It's kinda like predicting the death of the Ford motor company. Not to mention, if linux does become a big deal in mainstream, you can expect to see MS use it's marketing power to try to turn the name to mud. They already have articles on their site talking about how windows is more secure, reliable, and cheaper than linux.
And Engadget, I hope the fanboism in this article is total sarcasm.
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MS will definitely be around for a long time, but Linux and Mac are are the up and up, especially now that virtual machines and dual booting are becoming more common. Yes, we might still be running Windows, but we're running it sparingly. It's more important to get people using these systems than making mainstream software compatible with it (only really a problem with games and some adobe products). Look at mac, they're what, 5% of the market? They don't have many games, but they do have a section in many stores, they even released Halo on the mac (I know Bungie was originally mac, but still, makes you go wtf.) I have no doubt that thanks to linux being made easier to use by distros such as ubuntu, it will most likely be at least able to compete with Mac OS within ten years, if not have a wider userbase than mac, mainly people just need to hear about things like DSL and Xubuntu/Flexbuntu, being able to run new things on older computers. That and people need to just be more exposed to linux. Hell, I bet if you took a single public airport, changed their internet stalls/net cafes over to linux, you'd see thousands of new Linux users within the year from that alone.
Still, it's way too soon to be singing about the death of microsoft. Kinda like sony, they might be sucking really hard right now, but they're too big to just die like that. Maybe 50 years from now MS will be gone, but I doubt that. MS has too much of the market, too much money to die out, hell, I bet MS has a pile of cash large enough for them to spend the next few centuries running the company into the ground, if they want. It's kinda like predicting the death of the Ford motor company. Not to mention, if linux does become a big deal in mainstream, you can expect to see MS use it's marketing power to try to turn the name to mud. They already have articles on their site talking about how windows is more secure, reliable, and cheaper than linux.
And Engadget, I hope the fanboism in this article is total sarcasm.