Linux is gonna get really big....
Saturday, April 28, 2007 by Uvah | Discussion: Community
Was surfing on SkinBase a little while ago and ran across this article found by mickeblue. Kudos to him for bringing it to our attention. WWW Link...The more Bill Gates continues going this route the more he stands to lose. History is replete with those who get so greedy they lose sight of what's really important. The very people they depend on for their billions...us!
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Morpheous416
Reply #22 Thursday, May 3, 2007 1:57 PM
Therein lies the problem. No OS does it all...not even Windows. A bigger problem, isn't whether or not games can or cannot run on Linux, or Mac...they can. The issue lies with the popularity of Windows, and it's DirectX influence. Who are MS to say that all games must be written with that code? Game developers focus primarily on what the masses are using....and there are some great game titles that run just fine on Linux or OSX. But..as with the OS (any distro of it), it needs support from the community at large in order to start the ball rolling on developers branching off to do games and other apps that don't depend on Windows.
From watching MS grow...it's OEM providers have made it king of the hill. You buy a machine, you get Windows. You buy music, you get DRM. It hasn't been until really recent, that the Linux community as well as DRM free music..is starting to see the light of day because large OEM builders, and music providers, are seeing what we've been telling them the whole time: We want choices when it comes to the machines we buy, and how we're going to use them.
Start making your choice when it comes to buying a new machine...if it starts to favor open source, the pillars of the MS empire will crack.
Reply #22 Thursday, May 3, 2007 1:57 PM
If one OS can do all of it, but can be annoying from time to time, I'll probably deal with it's issues over an OS that can do some of them, but not all of them. The hassle of dual-booting back and forth is too great. Problem is, the tasks which need the most system (like games) are the ones that still need Windows.
Therein lies the problem. No OS does it all...not even Windows. A bigger problem, isn't whether or not games can or cannot run on Linux, or Mac...they can. The issue lies with the popularity of Windows, and it's DirectX influence. Who are MS to say that all games must be written with that code? Game developers focus primarily on what the masses are using....and there are some great game titles that run just fine on Linux or OSX. But..as with the OS (any distro of it), it needs support from the community at large in order to start the ball rolling on developers branching off to do games and other apps that don't depend on Windows.
From watching MS grow...it's OEM providers have made it king of the hill. You buy a machine, you get Windows. You buy music, you get DRM. It hasn't been until really recent, that the Linux community as well as DRM free music..is starting to see the light of day because large OEM builders, and music providers, are seeing what we've been telling them the whole time: We want choices when it comes to the machines we buy, and how we're going to use them.
Start making your choice when it comes to buying a new machine...if it starts to favor open source, the pillars of the MS empire will crack.
Uvah
Reply #23 Thursday, May 3, 2007 3:23 PM
The point I was trying to make. The bigger they are...MS should, by now, realize that the tide is ready to turn. I like my XP and hope to keep it which is why the way Vista is being dished out I reserve my right to remain skeptical.
Reply #23 Thursday, May 3, 2007 3:23 PM
Start making your choice when it comes to buying a new machine...if it starts to favor open source, the pillars of the MS empire will crack.
The point I was trying to make. The bigger they are...MS should, by now, realize that the tide is ready to turn. I like my XP and hope to keep it which is why the way Vista is being dished out I reserve my right to remain skeptical.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 5:22 PM