The Role of the Operating System In the Future

Posted by Hemos on Monday November 21, 2005 @05:15AM from the yeah-we'll-still-care dept.

liteswap writes "Linux geeks love Linux and Windows mavens won't quit Microsoft -- but will we really care that much whether a machine is running Linux or Windows in future? As Sun announces Solaris support for Red Hat Linux applications, the need to specify the OS for a particular application will fade away, and the application and the x86 platform become the critical things -- at least that's what this Techworld feature argues..." Maybe a long time from now this will happen - but I don't see it happening RSN.

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Support: the Penguin vs. Windows by everphilski · 2005-11-21 06:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

As far as support goes, I guess that you haven't had to call Micro$oft regarding an installation issue

Nope, never have. Worked jobs that have required me to support/install/use the stuff from 95-2003. I've had to seek support for Linux installations 100:1 times more often than I've had to on Windows installations

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