Am Dienstag, den 01.09.2009, 17:50 -0700 schrieb lakestevensdental: > This nitpicking about Linux vs MS OS offerings aside, IMHO, Linux is > never going to make its mark as a major market OS until somehow it > offers a top end gaming platform equal to (and ideally compatible with) > what Microsoft offers the PC world. Ah yes, compatibility with solitare has been on the todo list for ages. > Linux folks should just be glad that the marketing wizards at > Microsoft haven't figured out they could go a long ways to crushing the > Linux world out of existance and reasserting themselves as the dominant > player if they offered their lastest OS as an upgrade for something like > $25/unit to all END USERS (not just OEMs). With such a move, MS could > quickly consolidate virtually all of it's market to a single OS for it > to manage instead of 3 or 4 different OSs with 3 or more flavors a > piece. Thankfully, they seem lost in the forest as much as anyone on > some issues... So how come linux devices probably outnumber windows devices? (DSL-)Router, NAS/SAN, Hard disc recorders,network printers etc.. Oh, it doesnt come with a "powered by linux" sticker. Doesnt mean its not there. _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
