Is amused by the author...
I am amused how the author says that the LINUX OS will win in the end....
Just goes to shoe they have no clue about the majority of consumers.
You might want to quote WHICH DISTRO will win in the end... doesn't really matter if something uses linux or not. Its the usability in the end, and some linux distros are NOT intended for desktop use. There's about 5-6 linux distros I know of that are intended for desktops. they can't ALL win... they're stupidly competing with each other.
So far it seems like Ubuntu is ahead in publicity and ease of use.... but they don't have a big marketing budget, and most people I talk to that are not computer geeks don't know about it... how can it ever win in that sense?
Linux distros in bussinesses are only used in applications where windows / mac osx or some other distro fails to increase ROI. I would yell at the IT officer if they suggested that linux be used in a law firm for document generation. Don't even talk about star office / openoffice... its a piece of SH*T that resembles Word97, and you'd HAVE to export to PDF before emailing cos it doesn't look the same in Word (usually offset by one line or something stupid like that - then u'd be paying a lawyer an extra $40 per hour to check that their OO format opens correctly in Word -> meaning you'd have to have word ANYWAY).
If you intend to touch 90% of the pc market with your software, you'd better program in Visual Studio... (unless you prefer Java... I'd probably program on my Mac - POSIX compliant for those who don't know i.e. BSD like). So Linux has its purpose, but SO does Windows and its Office apps.
Wilson
Biting the hand that feeds IT
