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Microsoft's perfect storm.

Posted 02-05-2009 at 07:18 AM by Dubious Dave

After reading an up date on the Wine project, I realized the method in which Microsoft will be marginalized. Since Microsoft owns the computing market, developers write code for Windows, hence the lack of Linux software versions. It's a self-feeding system. However, the development of Wine has allowed Linux to be an either/or OS. Not only that, but many windows programs work better under Wine than the real thing. Eventually, Wine will be integrated into Linux and shipped standard. Users will have the choice of installing Windows ( that can only run Windows software) or Linux (that can run both and better) plus enjoy the other benefits. This will drive the adoption of Linux while software developers continue to write windows only code. At that point the self feeding cycle is irrelevant, because it wont matter what OS they write their code for. If and when a Microsoft OS has less than double digit market share we'll likely see a shift in developer targets to Linux, thus sealing Microsoft's fate. Beautiful.
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  1. Old Comment
    Yes this indeed is truly beautiful !

    Being a Microsoft Antagonist since the first years I started using computers
    even when it was all windoze back.

    The microsoft tyranny has to be put to an end.
    Posted 02-05-2009 at 10:36 AM by entz entz is offline
 

  



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