Re: Killer App (We live in a *nix world now)
> "You forgot PlayStation & Nintendo (Switch). "
> According to NetMarketShare that's currently at 0.01% if taken as a percentage of all computing devices, so yeah...
It was about "*nix world we living now", not about "desktop PC ("workstation") part of it".
NetMarketShare is inappropriate for that measuring.
Whole "IoT" market relies on *nix (smart TV, watches...). Mostly the same stands for automakers.
(e.g. AML: https://www.automotivelinux.org/).
"sales of current-generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony > 103 million at the end of 2017"
(73.6 PS <> 29.4 Xbox One)
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/report-ps4-has-now-sold-roughly-2-5-times-as-well-as-the-xbox-one/
"Console gaming is the second-largest segment generating $34.6 billion in 2018 while PC games will bring in $32.9 billion."
https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/30/newzoo-global-games-expected-to-hit-180-1-billion-in-revenues-2021/
Biting the hand that feeds IT
