They don't matter much in the business world
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Be to Drop BeOS? No.
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Sure they count to us and to other normal and rational human beings.
But as a working stiff in the US electronics industry for the last 25 years I can assure you (although there are some pleasant exceptions) that most of the companies I have either worked for or dealt with, both as vendor and customer, care about their bottom line and very little else, including the quality of their product or the welfare of their employees and customers.
That is the sad fact of business today, especially in the US - it's all about the Benjaminz. Be, Apple, Microsoft, and every other business, software and otherwise, are in business to make $$$$ and for no other reason whatsoever! If the product is good, so much the better. If it sucks but sells, that's OK too. The company makes money for its stockholders and that is the only thing that matters.
Sorry for the cynical view of things but that's the way it works.
The Forbes perspective is the only one that counts
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Therefore NEXT lost. The "true nerd" perspective doesn't mean squat. Nerds don't generate sales, marketing does. That doesn't make it right but it makes it a fact.
Unfortunately you can sell a bad product with good marketing but you can't sell an excellent product with poor or no marketing. Examples of bad product/good marketng: Microsoft and the National Basketball Association. Good product/bad marketing: NEXT and the Amiga
That's why it is good that Linux is free (both as in speech and beer). If Linus had made it proprietary like the other Un*xes it never would have seen the light of day.
Unless Be releases BeOS as open source it will die a rather quick death. It is a nice system - acutally a better desktop system than Linux - but I wouldn't pay US$70 for it. The free download is too limited to be a serious contender right now.
That's when the new President will be inaugurated.
Both Algore The Inventor Of The Internet and Dubya Bush have said that they will drop the Microsoft matter completely once they get into office. M$ must have given each of them mucho dinero for their campaign coffers.
So, even if M$ loses the case the appeals process will stop next year because the new honchos at DoJ will be ordered to drop the case by Janet Reno's replacement (whoever that may be) on orders from the new occupant of the White House.
That way your browser's filter_bullsh!t() function gets called (probably blocking this post as well).:-)
Seriously, I really don't think Linux or any other free Unix-type OS will be fading into obscurity anytime soon. There are growing pains, to be sure, but not on the level MSZDNet is saying.
I'm not saying that Linux will have the market- or mind-share that Microsoft enjoys now (90%) but it will be significant - maybe around 25% with other Unix-type OS's about the same level.
Microsoft will probably be at no greater than 50% in 5 years.
Lets see... How many "compatible" Windows variations are in service now?
Windows 3.1 (yes there are people still using it) Windows 3.11 (ditto) Windows 95, 95A, 95B, and 95C Windows 98 & 98SE Windows NT 3.51 with how many service packs? Windows NT 4.0 with even more service packs Windows 2000 with at least one fix so far.
Nah, no forking there. Many programs written for one version won't run on another.
But that's OK because it is MICROSOFT! (cue the drumroll, fanfare and cheerleaders)
Don't pay no toll to the M$ troll
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Huh? Commercial UNIX marketshare may be shrinking, but not all UNIX, real or clones. In fact, Linux and FreeBSD are giving M$ a real run for its money.
And, with free {speech | beer} software, its mindshare, not marketshare, that counts and Microcrap is tanking big-time. Sure, they aren't going to go away, but their monopoly days are OVER!
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But as a working stiff in the US electronics industry for the last 25 years I can assure you (although there are some pleasant exceptions) that most of the companies I have either worked for or dealt with, both as vendor and customer, care about their bottom line and very little else, including the quality of their product or the welfare of their employees and customers.
That is the sad fact of business today, especially in the US - it's all about the Benjaminz. Be, Apple, Microsoft, and every other business, software and otherwise, are in business to make $$$$ and for no other reason whatsoever! If the product is good, so much the better. If it sucks but sells, that's OK too. The company makes money for its stockholders and that is the only thing that matters.
Sorry for the cynical view of things but that's the way it works.
Unfortunately you can sell a bad product with good marketing but you can't sell an excellent product with poor or no marketing. Examples of bad product/good marketng: Microsoft and the National Basketball Association. Good product/bad marketing: NEXT and the Amiga
That's why it is good that Linux is free (both as in speech and beer). If Linus had made it proprietary like the other Un*xes it never would have seen the light of day.
Unless Be releases BeOS as open source it will die a rather quick death. It is a nice system - acutally a better desktop system than Linux - but I wouldn't pay US$70 for it. The free download is too limited to be a serious contender right now.
War {Unix | Linux | BeOS | FreeBSD}! Kill the Micro$o~1 pig!
Both Algore The Inventor Of The Internet and Dubya Bush have said that they will drop the Microsoft matter completely once they get into office. M$ must have given each of them mucho dinero for their campaign coffers.
So, even if M$ loses the case the appeals process will stop next year because the new honchos at DoJ will be ordered to drop the case by Janet Reno's replacement (whoever that may be) on orders from the new occupant of the White House.
Seriously, I really don't think Linux or any other free Unix-type OS will be fading into obscurity anytime soon. There are growing pains, to be sure, but not on the level MSZDNet is saying.
I'm not saying that Linux will have the market- or mind-share that Microsoft enjoys now (90%) but it will be significant - maybe around 25% with other Unix-type OS's about the same level.
Microsoft will probably be at no greater than 50% in 5 years.
Windows 3.1 (yes there are people still using it)
Windows 3.11 (ditto)
Windows 95, 95A, 95B, and 95C
Windows 98 & 98SE
Windows NT 3.51 with how many service packs?
Windows NT 4.0 with even more service packs
Windows 2000 with at least one fix so far.
Nah, no forking there. Many programs written for one version won't run on another.
But that's OK because it is MICROSOFT! (cue the drumroll, fanfare and cheerleaders)
And, with free {speech | beer} software, its mindshare, not marketshare, that counts and Microcrap is tanking big-time. Sure, they aren't going to go away, but their monopoly days are OVER!
So ignore this troll.
Kindly refrain from referring to Bill Gates in that manner.
And the Evil Mister Gates takes credit yet again for something he didn't do.
Everybody knows it was Al Gore that invented the Internet!