Well said, Amir. I tend to agree that we need a Linux distro thats slick
enough to take on Windows, maybe even Mac OS, so that a significant number
of web devs may be more comfortable in a Linux environment. I personally
would love to do all my web dev on Linux, but until theres a Photoshop
equivalent for example, i have to switch between OSes.


On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I suspect that the Google App Engine (and cloud computing more
> generally) will have the unintended effect of significantly reducing
> usage of Linux among web developers.
>
> The solution of course is for Google to release a user-friendly and
> slick Google OS built on top of Linux that makes the web the main
> source of apps.
>
> But even that's not enough since many people (even web devs) play
> games on Windows... and linux cannot compete at all in that regard.
> One could argue that the shift towards game consoles is making Windows
> less important for games, but that will take time...
>
> Amir
>
>
> >
>


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Lloyd Dube

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