Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Aug 2005 16:26 UTC
For as long as most technologists can remember, there has been Wintel, the $250 billion industry dominated by Microsoft's Windows operating systems and Intel's microprocessors. But Lintel, or the Linux operating system and Intel, is now encroaching on this empire, and behind it is the entire open-source software movement, which threatens to overthrow the Windows industry.
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Linux will take the market by storm. It is already happening. First it gets windy and then the rain gets harder and eventually its ripping through houses and neighborhoods and knocks on Redmond's front door. Then it will be too late. The storm will be too close and too big to stop.
The only way to keep Linux from taking over the market is to make the perfect OS, or at least one that is good enough and never needs updates. Each update cycle you will lose more customers to Linux. Each check they write will be another reminder that there's a cheaper way to do it without losing the quality or performance. Each day more Linux users means more potential Linux developers and more free stuff.
These tides will never eb.