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Windows in 2020

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the plus-one-insightful dept.

sasha328 writes: "I came across this article on LA Times while I was reading the LinuxToday news site. It is very funny, and points out the in layman's language, the problem with homogeneity in computer OSes. Well worth reading."

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  1. Why subscribe to software in the future... by Kris_J · · Score: 4, Troll
    ...when the stuff available now already does more than anyone needs?

    All you have to do is keep a "Pentium or better" running and you'll be able to load software on it to do everything that 90% of the population will ever need. Heck, some people are still going fine with C64s, Amigas and for all I know, Atari STs. I had an old 19MHz XT with 1 MB of EMS RAM that did pretty well.

    I believe that the glut of existing, functioning, equipment will have more of an influence on the future than homoganisation of the available platforms.