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Apple and Windows Will Force Linux Underground

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-neat-on-the-server-right dept.

eastbayted writes "Tom Yager at InfoWorld predicts: 'At the end of the decade, we'll find that Apple UNIX has overtaken commercial Linux as the second most popular general client and server computing platform behind Windows.' That's not a gloom-and-doom omen for the ever-popular Linux kernel, though, he stresses. While Apple and Microsoft will grapple for dominance of client and server spaces, Linux will be 'the de facto choice for embedded solutions.' And by 'embedded,' Yager means 'specialized.' With a push of a button and a flip of switch, he predicts, you'll be able to create a configured database and a mated J2EE server — all thanks to Linux."

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  1. Not really by 2.7182 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux was designed for the cheapskate, to download as much free porn as possible. Nothing stops porn, and the need for people to have it for free. Not to mention free software - the two are the yin and yang of the internet.

    1. Re:Not really by doti · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't forget that every time you masturbate, god kills a kitten.

      --
      factor 966971: 966971
    2. Re:Not really by GyroTech · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, every time you kill a kitten, god masturbates

      *runs and hides*

  2. Re:Embedded. by jimicus · · Score: 5, Funny

    like dressing up a nightclub bouncer in a pixie costume.

    This actually sounds like quite a good idea to me.

  3. Re:Except for the fact by Lactoso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to worry AC, the Linux mods have finally rolled out of bed. :-)