Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Mar 2008 23:04 UTC
"When Windows 7 launches sometime after the start of 2010, the desktop OS will be Microsoft's most 'modular' yet. Having never really been comfortable with the idea of a single, monolithic desktop OS offering, Microsoft has offered multiple desktop OSes in the marketplace ever since the days of Windows NT 3.1, with completely different code bases until they were unified in Windows 2000. Unification isn't necessarily a good thing, however; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS. A singular yet highly modular OS could give Microsoft the best of all possible worlds: OSes that can be highly customized for deployment but developed monolithically. One modular OS to rule them all, let's say."
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2005-07-06
"linux has a long history of not paying attention to desktop details"
I really do think Linux (and bsd) has made huge strides in this, kde 4 is looking to be the polished and complete desktop that many have been looking for for quite some time.
While KDE and Gnome may not be right at the level of windows or osx, in the last couple years they have really made massive improvements and are coming up on windows and osx fast. In many respects they have surpassed windows and osx, in others, they are catching up at an amazing rate.
I really do believe that KDE and Gnome will soon be at a level that any current windows user would have no problem using.