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Vista Launch Good for Desktop Linux?
Sensible Clod writes "XYZ Computing has an article hypothesizing that the arrival of Windows Vista may be a big opportunity for Linux to make headway on the desktop. Massive feature cutbacks for Vista as well as huge hardware requirements are cited as major factors. From the article: 'As the time gets closer and closer to the public debut of Vista the operating system seems to be constantly losing the luster which was associated with Longhorn...Whether it's the lack of a new file system or the Monad scripting shell, the absence of innovation in this operating system is giving it a black eye'. The article then shows the need for action to be taken to get Linux onto the computers in stores (display models!), and pinpoints a few important improvements Linux distros in general need to make. Very interesting read, and timely."
When I have to use Windows, I use Windows 98.
I don't know of any features in 2000, XP, or Vista that is compelling.
More bloat, that's all.
Well, the US is fast becoming a poor country--sure there are a few rich, but what happens when all the non-rich are pushed down from middle-class to poor? There's not enough money in the world to satiate the top 1% in this country. They'll keep taking ours until they end up with all of it. Presto! Poor country! I mean, even the poorest countries have a few rich people at the top who profit from it all. Soon we won't be any different than Nigeria.
And anyway, there are a lot of computers in the US. In fact, considering that China hasn't become super wired yet, the US might have a plurality (51% maybe?), though not a "vast majority" of computer users. That of course will change once Asia and Europe finish overtaking the US in every way.