Linked by Joshua Boyles on Wed 19th May 2004 20:08 UTC
By the time Longhorn comes out I'm sure everyone will be sick of the subject "windows vs linux." Will longhorn finally destroy that pesky linux and mark another decade of Microsoft's monopoly, or will the underdog come out with a stunning upset and send a multi billion dollar company to it's grave?
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It doesn't matter what I believe or fail to believe. Let the marketplace decide on the "other platform" vs. Linux argument.
People don't change as fast as marketing companies, like the one that produces the "other platform", would like for them to. Marketing can only go so far as cognitive limits will allow. It's sort of like the Soda Wars back in the 80s. One person likes one thing while someone else another.
Personally, I like pure spring water with a lemon slice. It's easier on the kidneys.
Anyways, back to the real subject. Most people, notice I said most, not geeks like us, like sticking with their old equipment. Especially if they built their own system. Sort of like a well cared for Classic car. Most business will, unless they really like spending funds, what I call cash bleed, will adopt the path of reducing total cost of management and ownership.
The CEO of the marketing company that produces the "other platform" sits at the pinnacle of his respective company and has the luxury of "thinking" that everyone "loves" his brand of "soda". While down in the trenches of the local communites around the world, where money is stretched to the highest degree, reality of licensing is setting in.
So I say, as many have said, "Let the marketplace decide."