Slashdot Mirror

Fortunately, I show my 'no mac' popup not by browser but by OS.

http://www.geekpedia.com/code47_Detect-operating-system-from-user-agent-string.html

1. Abiword to
2. Epiphany to
3. Totem.

Next, compare

1. Internet Explorer 7, released on October 18, 2006 to
2. Microsoft Word, released in December, 2007, to
3. Windows Media Player 11, by the same company for the same platform.

Now tell me with a straight face that Windows knows how to look like Windows.

But with competition from non-Windows PCs (both Macs and Acer/Dells running Linux) and from alternative server software (open source servers, which power more web servers than Windows Server), Microsoft is now finding its air supply getting cut off while its proprietary business model is poisoned by the insidiously opportunistic spread of open source.

Actually Microsoft's server market share is growing absolutely and in terms of market share. According to Geekpedia Linux's server markiet share is plummeting. Microsoft's consumer market share is what's declining, more are buying Macs and Linux. However the consumer market is growing itself.

Microsoft is fundamentally screwed.

Not quite, Microsoft isn't down much from it's peak.

Falcon

Naah. For someone to root for a villain, the villain has to be endowed with a certain measure of cool, or otherwise be extraordinarily interesting. In this scenario, we'd likely see a slow-moving and slightly stupid superhero dressed in a costume emblazoned with the letters WGA, a belt decorated with animated icons, a magic red "Reboot" button on his wrist, and cape with a big blue "e" on it. When not pressing the magic button, he'd be spending his time shouting at a motley collection of unwashed, bearded, sandal-wearing villains, or, when the action really heats up, throwing a chair or two.

You're not quite correct: He wouldn't have a cape; he'd have a skintight light-blue costume, and he'd have multicolored butterfly wings.

(also PHP, Perl and Python runs seamlessly on Linux rather than on Mac, I mean PHP or Perl or Java is well TESTED on Linux rather than on Mac).

What the hell are you talking about?

PHP PERL PYTHON and all your linux and most Unix server software has been running perfectly in OSX since the day it was released.
every single mac install comes with apache, php, perl and python installed by default.
Mysql is one click away as well.

Furthermore most software that needed to be recompiled to run on the power architecture doesn't need to be anymore as an apple server is just another x86 server.

Most developers who I work with on major web projects using PHP/Mysql/postgres/Oracle/Python/Ruby do all their work in OSX, with some compatibility testing on windows, not much on Linux. (iVillage, BlackPlanet, VH1, MTV, Coke, L'oreal, Nickolodeon, Scolastic, etc) This is to their advantage because they can use all vi or emacs on the command line, they can use all opensource tools, as well as subetha, bbedit, etc, but then they can have MSword, excel and all the garbage that production managers/account execs send them as well, without using some clanky converter software.

further down your post:
How many really bother whether Linux is an OFFICIAL UNIX or not

Why should it matter if its an official Unix?
Well for starters because it means that most applications and application frameworks from any other Unix system can run on osx, either with a recompile or directly if from another x86 based Unix; again obviating your ignorant argument about Linux being the ONLY server.

Second because any Unix admin can open an osx command line and will feel at home, as he would on Solaris, AIX, IRIX, Unixware, etc.

All I care is it should be scalable, secure and supports major application frameworks and databases. Exactly, which is what OsX does. its scalable, you can form a grid system in a few clicks or command line commands, it supports every major framework as all the other Unix systems do, and it runs mySQL, Postgres, Oracle, DB2, and any other unix compatible open source database .

Nothing can replace Linux in the server market, but there is a great chance that Linux can exceed market share of Mac OS X
OsX might not be the most popular server for sure, but Linux market share in that market is DECLINING, not increasing:
http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/08/28/the-server-market-share-battle-microsoft-gains-2/
http://www.geekpedia.com/news193_Linux-server-market-share-plummeting.html
http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/184429419
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/48999.html

on desktop (I think Linux already exceeds Mac OS X in market share)
Hugh, dood... come on alright:
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/techhardware/10385313.html
and the money is showing the opposite as well here:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/22/apple-q407-financials-triumph-of-the-steve


how did this post get a 5 -- are you kidding me? what is informative about it?

Not yet, but I'll happily dress in a penguin outfit before I dress in a butterfly costume.

Take fluctuations like that, and the entire NetCraft survey, with a grain of salt. Apache lost 4.4 million installed sites with a single decision. GoDaddy moved it's domain parking to IIS. These are not real sites in which you can do anything, they're pretty much just placeholders and ads for GoDaddy at this point. Can't really bitch about it, it has to be on somehting, and at one time those 4.4 million servers were counted for Apache. In fact, NetCraft said most domain parkers use Apache.

But this is what it is really like after people leave his office. He turns down the lights and pushes a button to bring up his tri-monitor master control center for the company, imagining himself at the helm (ok, he is at the helm I guess) while making notes in his captain's log.

Once he's done with that fantasy (er, sorry, reality), I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff he can watch on those big screens, to keep him busy. He probably has no need to look out the real windows. I mean what's going to be out there - the parking lot?