On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is one piece of the jigsaw that could really help mainstream Linux > adoption. The other is some applications that business might want to > use, Photoshop, AutoCAD and stuff like that. I've been very surprised to realize that there is a very small percentage of Linux advocates who actually want Linux to dominate the desktop. Linux already runs the internet, backs nearly all of the major web applications, runs lots of little appliances and is the "smart" beneath a lot of "smart" devices. Commodity desktop use is a high-intensity, high-investment, high-support market. I don't see a lot of business case for closed proprietary vendors like AutoCAD and Adobe to want to get into that market, nor do I see any large support organization that wants to support the billions of drivers, hardware, application conflicts, etc. I do suspect as we leave the Era of the Desktop (-consuming) PCs, and as routine CRUD data entry moves to tablets and wireless keyboard/mice combos that there will be a market opening up for "high-end workstations" that could see the return of UNIX desktops. I'm not much of a gamer, so I don't know if game consoles will obsolete the home PC gamer market, but I've certainly seen major inroads in the home with Kindles and iPads. We live in interesting times. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4uRCdn=kkjpgeq9f9bvw5bkjrss7zhxoeu1u_0c_rc...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
