On the first point, I'm not sure I agree, though possibly. I think if
linux had some sort of decent non-Xwindows UI that had consistency and
was designed for amateur noobs, maybe... a bit like NeXTSTEP (cough
cough)... but seriously folks...
But seriously, I think you hit it on the head. It's not abotu the
platform's superiority - too many other factors - cultural, marketing,
incumbency, etc.
Christian.
On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Kevin Wright wrote:
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.
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