If it were possible to run multiple operating systems as first class citizens on the same machine at the same time, then Linux would undoubtedly be much, much more common on the desktop than it currently is.
Were it not for windows being an incumbent, some rather underhanded techniques by Microsoft (manufactures still had to pay for a license on machines without windows) and the challenges and limitations of virtualisation (i.e. virtualising hardware acceleration) then the world would be a different place. Truth is, neither the desktop OS or iWhatever dev language is a war being won on MERIT. If anything, these are both clear-cut examples of merit being suppressed. On 27 April 2010 13:45, Christian Edward Gruber < [email protected]> wrote: > Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah. That's awesome. What a wonderfully naive > assertion. > > If linux was a platform with merit, it would have met some degree of > success on the desktop... > > These kinds of statements are ridiculous, because they assert underlying > causes of success that are simply not provably so. The guy could be right, > but the assertion of causation is without merit. > > cheers, > Christian. > > On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:42 AM, opinali wrote: > > If Obj-C was a language with > merits, it would have met some degree of success in other platforms. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
