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and here I was thinking that 2019 must surely be the year of Linux on the desktop

• beatgammit 8y ago
  We'll win eventually, once Microsoft gives up. We've got far more staying power, since it costs us virtually nothing to stay the course. It may take another 20 years, but we'll get there. :)
  • jdsully 8y ago
    Why would Microsoft ever give up? They make billions off of Windows.
    • burning_hamster 8y ago
      For the time being, talent is limited. Their costly engineers' time might be spent more productively on other products. Windows is already no longer their primary cash cow (nor even their secondary -- IIRC, it comes third in revenue after Azure and Office). I don't think they will kill windows any time soon, but I do think that the probably is non-zero, even in the not too distant future.
• jazoom 8y ago
  PopOS has converted me. The main overly complex and brittle thing now seems to be the installation of programs from so many different sources, and apt itself. If that was a better user experience I'd have no trouble recommending it to all Windows users.