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Microsoft: Linux on desktops a threat
voidmain:
Ah, but that's inevitable. You see companies don't find it profitable to port their applications to an OS that claims 1% of the desktops, yet because those companies haven't ported their software it's hard to get any more market share. The nice thing is there are *enough* free applications to start the climb.
Now, if Microsoft stops shooting themselves in the foot then maybe it will be a tougher climb but so far there is no indication of them slowing down in the "Rape the Consumer" department. Once Linux starts creeping onto the desktop, more vendors will port their code. Then it will be like a dam breaking. You just wait, it's going to be extremely fun to watch! When the dam breaks just keep an eye on the Microsoft stock ticker because it'll be moving very fast in one direction, down.
[ December 04, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
Doctor V:
quote:Originally posted by PsysicTV:
Most excellent! However, I still think Linux will always have some trouble until more companies start writing commercial Linux-native games for the masses . . alas, Loki, we mourn for you . . . :(
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Or if Wine evolves to the point to where it can play all windows based games (and its almost at that point now).
lazygamer:
Nonono it has nothing to with Wine running most wind0ze games, it has to do with them running the games "out of the box". When I tell Wine "pretend to be wind0ze 95" and run my wind0ze 95 game, it should know everything to do(such as configuring) on its own. What good if comptability if you have to struggle to get it to show up?
Lazygamer would drasticly drop his logged windows time if that happened.
Doctor V:
Hopefully future versions of wine will work alot better than the current wine. That would make this all necessary. Although I would like it if game makers released their games on linux, a stronger wine would certainly reduce the "I need windows cause I play games" syndrome.
V
Doogee:
i would rather see Wine/WineX and all other shit like that crash and burn. if wine evolves to the point where it can play all games then what is the point of developors making linux native version of games/software. After all it would still be a windows game/program, the fact it can be used in an emulator means fuck all. then other developers will do the same they wont make linux versions cos it can be run in wine or similar and continue to develop for windows. DEVELOPING FOR WINDOWS IS NOT A GOOD THING. what we want is native versions!!!!!!!
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