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ESR Says as PCs Get Cheaper, Windows Will Die

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the another-elegant-oversimplification dept.

james writes "Eric Raymond reckons Windows will be obsolete because people won't be able to afford it soon." Owning the OS gives MS too great of an advantage. They'd sell the client for 5 bucks if it meant that they could still control Office, the server market, and the zillions of other markets that their OS monopoly lets them crush.

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  1. CmdrTaco by Spankophile · · Score: 2, Troll

    Wow.. professional journalism at its best.

    Taco would like you to believe that MS only controls the Office market because of Windows. I guess that's why it's the most popular office suite for Macs too?

    Windows lets MS control the server market? Ummm, how about (cross platform) Apache? Aren't you the one that posts surveys every two months about how Apache dominates? Maybe you mean that since MS only needs to write for one OS, they can focus their energy on things other than porting?

    I of course can't really argue the "zillion other markets." I guess he means hardware, and games, and a zillion minus 2 other things.

    God forbid they control those by making excellent products (mouse wheel, optical mouse), and excellent libraries (DirectX). Don't forget, Windows didn't always rule the gamers world.