Subj : Re: computers
To   : Mhansel739
From : Malvinas
Date : Sun Aug 11 2024 15:42:59

 Mh> As much as we love Linux, there are "too many" variations for it to take
 Mh> hold. It does well in the server arena, but not the desktop. And Mac, as
 Mh> good as it is missed the mark. 
Just recently I saw a conference by Linus Torvalds where he pointed out just that. That MS was succesful because there's only 1 Windows in each cycle, whereas in Linux, each app creator has to release an immense amount of binaries to have their app ready to be used in a myriad of different distros. The Cathedral and the Bazaar, back for blood... Still, Mr. Torvalds pointed out that is yet another huge corporation one that could push this culture and logic into the linux sphere, when Steam would have to standarize binary releases for games compatible with the linux platform

 Mh> Think about this. Once Microsoft established itself as the OS of choice
 Mh> for IBM and the clones, it already created a foothold. Commodore, Atari,
 Mh> and other platforms just could not compete with the common platform that
 Mh> software was being created for. 
 Mh> --Matt
 Mh> 
On this last piece of your post: MS didn't "establish itself"... they did some kind of shady move with IBM to have their OS pre-installed in OEM computers for a good few years, until it was irreversible. I know american folks (coming from "the land of opportunity and the free and brave), see these 'corporate moves' as not so much as "shady", but you gotta give that that's not quite "squeaky clean"...

Malvinas.

Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas!

.... Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas.

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