Microsoft started declining first, back with Windows Vista (7 was pretty much a bugfix). Apple lost it's way when Forestall was booted (regardless of what you t

Microsoft started declining first, back with Windows Vista (7 was pretty much a bugfix). Apple lost it's way when Forestall was booted (regardless of what you think about skeumorphism). While this is all happening, Linux's software quality continues to rise. KDE Plasma 5.5 is beautiful and stable. GNOME 3.18 is Stable and very useable. XFCE, Mate, and Enlightenment are rock stable. This isn't new; During KDE 4.x, Microsoft directly ripped off KDE's first plasma interface for Windows 7. Before Vista was released, They were showing off wobbly windows in demos, weeks after it was first accomplished in the Compiz window manager for GNOME (now part of Unity).