People People open your eyes. The computer / OS battles have already determined the future. Its just a matter of time now. Let me explain. Jobs and co. will never and I mean never move to Intel or go entirely open source and here is the reasons. First and foremost Microsoft has made their money selling a good enough OS on cheap computers. Apple has sold a beautifully solid OS and excellent hardware which is mostly proprietary. We all know this. Now here is where it gets interesting. Bill Gates always feared a clever hacker / programmer bringing down Windows. Simply because he knows what he has been selling for years is stolen software that somehow Microsoft turns into bloatware. Probably due to too many renegade developers. Enter Linus Trovald and / or the clever hacker / programmer. Well now and certainly in the future Linux will become the good enough desktop OS for cheap Intel / Amd boxes simply because its close enough to Windows and all software including the OS is either extremely cheap or free. Apple and / or Steve realizes this. Apple also realizes that it can not make the same mistake twice by not being compatible with the bargain basement stuff. Enter OS X. Apple is able to port almost every program, (if not all) for linux or unix to OS X plus have its own proprietary software with the assurance that everything just works thanks to developing the whole widget. So here is the conclusion. Linux will eventually take over Windows on the desktop on cheap PC's simply because of price and being good enough just like Windows was. However those people lookin for something more will turn to Apple simply because all the programs they are used to with linux will be compatible. I expect Apple to eventually give OS X away (upgrades etc.) to existing Mac users and simply make thier money off of thier bread and butter which has always been hardware. In essence linux / cheap PC's will become Ford. Apple will become BMW.
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People People open your eyes. The computer / OS battles have already determined the future. Its just a matter of time now. Let me explain. Jobs and co. will never and I mean never move to Intel or go entirely open source and here is the reasons. First and foremost Microsoft has made their money selling a good enough OS on cheap computers. Apple has sold a beautifully solid OS and excellent hardware which is mostly proprietary. We all know this. Now here is where it gets interesting. Bill Gates always feared a clever hacker / programmer bringing down Windows. Simply because he knows what he has been selling for years is stolen software that somehow Microsoft turns into bloatware. Probably due to too many renegade developers. Enter Linus Trovald and / or the clever hacker / programmer. Well now and certainly in the future Linux will become the good enough desktop OS for cheap Intel / Amd boxes simply because its close enough to Windows and all software including the OS is either extremely cheap or free. Apple and / or Steve realizes this. Apple also realizes that it can not make the same mistake twice by not being compatible with the bargain basement stuff. Enter OS X. Apple is able to port almost every program, (if not all) for linux or unix to OS X plus have its own proprietary software with the assurance that everything just works thanks to developing the whole widget. So here is the conclusion. Linux will eventually take over Windows on the desktop on cheap PC's simply because of price and being good enough just like Windows was. However those people lookin for something more will turn to Apple simply because all the programs they are used to with linux will be compatible. I expect Apple to eventually give OS X away (upgrades etc.) to existing Mac users and simply make thier money off of thier bread and butter which has always been hardware. In essence linux / cheap PC's will become Ford. Apple will become BMW.