...Linux is pretty much dead.
Highly inaccurate...
Linux has less than 2% market share.
It will never overtake windows NT
That is true for
Desktop market, but computers aren't used only for Desktops, there are servers, lots of servers... In server world, Linux is simply trashing Windows server.
According to IDC (too bad the link went dead, fortunately Wikipedia had the numbers written down), for Desktop usage Windows has 92.00% market share, as for Linux - it only commands 1.02%. This is per January 2010.
As in server world, Linux is commanding 33.8% versus 7.3% Windows server. This is January 2009 Data. In HPC world, the gap is even WIDER, Linux commanding 88.6% (with 14 of the fastest super computers are running Linux) versus 1.0% for Windows Server HPC edition... Maybe it's very small in Desktop market, as Windows server is even smaller in HPC market. Linux is just starting to make inroads for Desktop, the revolution is just beginning...
Sorry...Linux just dosent insight as much excitement as it used to.
With windows 7 such a massive hit, who needs it?
Sure its a great "free" OS for servers. But I would run server 08 over it first.
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this but.
Linux is pretty much dead.
Linux has less than 2% market share.
It will never overtake windows NT
As MS continues to update Win7 and makes Win8 available Apple and Linux alike will suffer, there is no doubt.
The I'm a PC - I'm a Mac tv comercials have vanished from the tv as best I can tell. But the I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea, are everywhere.
Linux and Macs are not dead(entirely) but if MS continues improveing like they have they are destined for the "specialized" bin intstead of the "mainsteam".
I said I would be flamed. And this is all my opinon, but I do 6 or more Win7 installs a week and i havent had a OSX or Linux request in months.
To me it looks like MS has won.
Linux nor MacOS isn't anywhere near "dead", MacOS's kernel have a legacy being stable, scalable, secure, highly efficient network stack, and many others. Apple is still developing new technologies around Mach kernel, like Grand Central Dispatch, Clang and LLVM for compilers, OpenCL on top the GCD - meaning Apps that uses GCD will have GPU at it's disposal (super cool feature), and many more. One aspect that I like from MacOS is the implementation of Spotlight (the search engine in MacOS). Spotlight database is VERY RESPONSIVE, it can handles lots and lots of data (a lot more than Windows 7's search indexer). In MacOS, every file, every folder is indexed by default, and whenever you search for something - you type one character, the search engine will start searching
and while searching it spits out what it found along the way, in real time... In contrast to Windows 7's sluggish search performance... Plus a glaring warning about not to index too many folders, because it can cause slowdowns in search... "
WHAT???? Are you freaking serious???" is what I screamed when I read that glaring info text...
Linux on the other hand - are very scalable, very secure, very open, very customizable, very adaptive, ultra flexible, and is growing rapidly... Runs on everything, from Phones, PCs, Routers, Firewalls, IDS/IPS appliances, DPS appliances, Servers, Super computer clusters, Mainframes, Robots (Roomba?), Cars (DARPA Challanges), Network Interface Cards (KillerNIC), System Managements (various IBM management infrastructure for it's Server products), TVs (My Panasonic TV uses Linux as it's "OS"), NAS boxes, SAN appliances, Refrigerators (Samsung/LG's highend fridge...), it ran as system rescue live cd/dvd/usb thumb drive... It ran almost anything. It's the utility knife in the computer world...
Linux maybe a poor man's OS in Desktop, but it's a the prime choice in super computer cluster environment. To me, Microsoft is just starting, the money is there at the "HPC"/"Super computer cloud" level, Desktop are just "snacks" compared to HPC, yet the LION share in that market are Linux and proprietary UNIX (AIX, UX, SOLARIS, etc). Microsoft is just starting the battle... You can't even begin to comprehend the situation with your tiny and narrow view of computing world...
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