Linked by John O'Sullivan on Fri 17th Oct 2003 17:48 UTC
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates, 1981. "64 bit is coming to desktops,there is no doubt about that, But apart from Photoshop, I can't think of desktop applications where you would need more than 4 gigabytes of physical memory, which is what you have to have in order to benefit from this technology." It seems to me that by the time it ships, Longhorn will need 4 gigs of RAM.
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There's a point at which Free Software will simply explode onto the scene and it's close to that point; when there'll be bigger and more skilled workforce developing the software than even Microsoft can match.
Well, Windows may be in a stalemate for the next several years (Service Packs not withstanding), but the apps definitely won't be. And as everyone knows, it's the apps themselves that are the big draw to Windows anyway.
So, even though Free Software (and I'm speaking of the desktop variety here) will continue to evolve, so to will Win32 commercial software continue to evolve right along with it.
Free software seems to have the 'bread and butter' apps covered pretty well, but there are some gaping holes when you get into the 'industrial strength' (*cough* Dreamweaver *cough*) and 'specialty' categories. So until these apps are filled, Windows ain't going anywhere anytime soon. As for things like OpenOffice and Firebird, these same apps will run in Windows anyway.