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Can we now say that open source OS kernels have, officially, beaten proprietary ones? Even Windows has a Linux compatibility layer. This would have been unimagi
by jasonhansel 7y ago
Can we now say that open source OS kernels have, officially, beaten proprietary ones? Even Windows has a Linux compatibility layer. This would have been unimaginable 10 years ago, when Linux desktops were far from mainstream.
- freehunter 7y agoThat heavily depends on the definition of "beaten", and also what "open source kernels" actually means in context. A compatibility layer means little, considering Linux has had a Windows compatibility layer far longer than vice versa. And does an open source kernel matter much when the userland is closed source and proprietary? Or when the apps are closed source and proprietary? Or when computing shifts to a closed source and proprietary Internet environment?