Aghillo post ma "They will remain committed to freedom" ko satta ma anyathahuna aayeko ma chhyama prarthi chhu..
On Mar 19, 10:51 am, _khAttAm_ <[email protected]> wrote: > Why Windows X, where X=(any number) will have negligible impact on > Linux Usage and Growth > By _khAttAm_ on Fri 03/09/2010 > > Okay it is no secret that Linux has not been able to crack the > desktop, either at the home or at the workplace. Not to be ignored > either is that Windows lost some desktops last year (a little over > 3%),but let’s not panic just yet, Windows just owns over 88% of all > the desktops according to leading research. This has significantly > decreased despite of the attempts of vendor lock-ins and various > attempts to establish monopoly. > > I have used Windows 3.1 (1 year at school), Windows 95 (10-15 days), > Windows 98(2 years at school PC, 6 months on my own machine), Windows > ME (2-3 months on my uncle's laptop), Windows 2000 (ocasionally here > and there at school and in college labs), Windows XP (3 years or so on > my machine + college + more), Windows Vista (10 days on my machine) > and Mac OS X (developers version for 15 days or so). However, I have > also used Knoppix (Live CD, may not count), Almost all versions of > Ubuntu from 5.10 (skipping 6.04), Mandrake (And then Mandriva.. not > much though), Red Hat 9, Fedora Core 4, 5 and Fedora 9, Suse Personal > (1st release), OpenSuse (9 & 10), Puppy (old one), Slax(old one), > Debian Lenny (for a few days but it was too stable for me) and what > not. Basically, I've been experimenting and playing around with every > OS I got my hands on. I have played with Alpha versions of Ubuntu (and > various Alpha versions of other packages) for the last two years and > it has been a fascinating journey. I use development version of Ubuntu > but I don't mind it being unstable (coz I have experience with > Windows), I help others fix it, I do bug reporting and try to figure > out what thsoe stack traces mean... I just enjoy it... so I use > bleeding edge software rather than stable. > > THEREFORE, to get those out of the way let’s just spell them out. > Windows 7 is basically the same Windows 6 (Popularly known as Vista) > and has similar problems of Windows 6. Lets not forget Vista was the > most unsuccessful Windows version of all times. > > But these have been the same arguments from the beginning, to be fair > to Linux the GUI used to be seriously lacking but it has improved > significantly. > > None of these issues had crushed the penguin before so what is > different about Windows 7 that might still not. Let’s look at these > areas: > > 1. POWERSHELL > It is basically the same thing as Linux's terminal. Powershell does > not provide anything over Linux's terminal and actually lacks. All > popular OpenSource applications are available for Windows, but they > are not available in Windows by Default and hence the shell is not as > powerful as it would be on Linux/FreeBSD. Also, the terminal is > considered to be a faster way to do things in a Linux/BSD System, > while it is the exact opposite in Windows. > > 2. FEATURES, FEATURES, FEATURES > However, there are no significant features over 10 year old Windows 5 > (XP), Windows 7 uses a lot of resources in comparision, which is the > main reason why Windows 5 users have not upgraded to 6 and will not > upgrade to 7 as well. > > The list of features that are exclusive to Windows 7 can be made > available for Windows XP, but to force sales of the new Operating > System, Microsoft is not willing to provide it. > > Why it will not affect currrent Linux users: > 0. FREEDOM > Some Linux users are committed to freedom over anything else. Hence, > they will compromise usability, features and looks to remain free. A > reason like "shell is available on Linux" or "New version of > <Insert_Any_DX10_Game_Here> released" will not be able to convert them > to Windows. They will remain convicted to freedom and will continue > developing for Linux. > > 1. SECURITY > Enterprises who understand security or a typical home user who has > faced viruses or identity theft just because of a simple worm (and > later moved to Linux) will not readily believe that Windows 7 is most > secure Operating System because they have already heard this crap > before. > > 3. FUDs > Enterprises and Desktop users who have heard the FUDs brought about by > Ballmer (or anyone who represents/has represented Microsoft) will not > readily fall for it. They know that however hard Microsoft tries, > Linux is still backed by major corporations worldwide and it is not > easy to attack Linux, even by Microsoft. > > Why more users will move to Linux > 1. EASE OF USE > Linux is becoming more easier to use as a Desktop Linux than ever > before (courtesy Cannonical). So a brave person who decides to switch, > can easily switch to Linux and adapt to it quickly. > > 2. CLOUD COMPUTING > The world is moving to cloud computing with Google as the leading > innovator. Google has already done great with Android on handhelds and > has announced Chrome OS for netbooks. If Google can play well, it is > certain that many users will start using Linux. On cloud computing, > the desktop applications and underlying Operating System matters less. > > 3. STANDARDS > However hard Microsoft tries to create their own standards and force > them to the users, the IT world will has been trying to force > universal standards and Microsoft is eventually being forced to adhere > to standards. This way, the end user will be able to access their data > no matter which platforms they use and will not be forced to depend on > the Microsoft Platform. > > 4. GAMES > With these in mind, Game Companies will more likely will also port > their games to Linux because of the growth in Linux users. > > This is all I can think of now. 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