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Starfalcon wrote:Yeah no. If Windows ME didn't do it then Win 8 damn sure isn't going to do it.Who knows, Win 8 may be looked back upon as the OS that made linux go mainstream.
Vrock wrote:If LInux even doubles its marketshare due to Windows 8, I'll post a video of myself eating cat poop.
Vrock wrote:If LInux even doubles its marketshare due to Windows 8, I'll post a video of myself eating cat poop.
Vrock wrote:If LInux even doubles its marketshare due to Windows 8, I'll post a video of myself eating cat poop.
ludi wrote:An expensive loophole, but given the alternative...
Vrock wrote:Nerds thinking they're going to make an impact on the OS market amuses me.
Madman wrote:All it needs is for people to slowly realize it's so.
Madman wrote:Google, will probably like if Linux succeeds.
StuG wrote:Even if Linux was able to gain an enormous amount of market share, I can't imagine they would be able to maintain it on the desktop. Windows is so huge, it they saw any real threat to themselves from a strictly software point of view (not that has the addition of hardware it sells unlike Microsoft until the Surface) I would have to imagine they could tackle it easily. Heck, free market when it comes to Linux...they could easily just take all the things that lost market share grew to love about Linux and add it into their own product. However, Linux's influence may be welcomed at this point.
Vrock wrote:Starfalcon wrote:Who knows, Win 8 may be looked back upon as the OS that made linux go mainstream.
Yeah no. If Windows ME didn't do it then Win 8 damn sure isn't going to do it.
just brew it! wrote:That said, I still don't see it "going mainstream" as a desktop OS.
just brew it! wrote:You're more optimistic than I am. I think 10% of home users would be a major stretch; 5% might be in reach, but only if developers of games and other mainstream apps get behind it, and high-profile sites like Amazon's MP3 store don't continue to do stupid arbitrary stuff to inconvenience Linux users (just discovered that one today... you can't download complete albums any more if you're running Linux, you need to download each track individually ).
10% of corporate users will happen when pigs fly. Too much invested already in supporting Microsoft platforms for them to switch.
it would simplify licensing, infrastructure and other issues
Vrock wrote:They're appliances now, and it's only going to get worse.
Madman wrote:See what happened with IE. Firefox and Chrome completely changed the game. You now need to look really hard to find a web developer who targets IE first. And the current IE market-share is more because of the integration in Windows rather than a deliberate choice.
JBI wrote:but only if developers of games and other mainstream apps get behind it
sweatshopking wrote:God knows i have far fewer "not responding" applications on windows than i do on linux. I know the "that's the applications, not the os" but i've had plenty of system apps not responding.
sweatshopking wrote:tldnr win 8 is fine, windows is stable. linux for business has costs.
flip-mode wrote:Google genuinely sucks when it comes to being an application developer.
Jigar wrote:flip-mode wrote:Google genuinely sucks when it comes to being an application developer.
Can you back this up with an example ?