Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 26th May 2003 23:36 UTC
Linux only has a small percentage of the computing market, however Microsoft already considers it a major competition as the open source OS steals the hearts of many users. Following the hard numbers though, Microsoft also increases its market share on both server and desktop space with time. The only logical explanation is that Linux steals quite a market share from the traditional UNIX providers (SCO, Sun, SGI, HP, IBM). But only Sun seems to truly be in a real Linux trouble, as it is the one with a resistance to Linux integration to its full product range.
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I always wonder why Linux developers want to be the server OS of the future. Why doesn't the community realize that the fun stuff is a have a desktop OS which is fun to use, experiment with and make it into what people want to use.
Yet when you listen to the kernel group they seem hell bent on making Linux the OS for IBM mainframe use. Makes no sense. This just means no one will use it but the small niche of servers.
Make Linux the fun OS for desktop use. Suppose all the effort being put in MP Linux were to be put into actually making Linux easier to use, install and manage. Now then we would have something.
Linux's rightful place is the desktop, not some dingy corporate server room.
bill