Complete and utter nonsense. You might as well rant about "general purpose" sheets of paper. There is a need for general purpose computing, and Linux is one of

Complete and utter nonsense. You might as well rant about "general purpose" sheets of paper. There is a need for general purpose computing, and Linux is one of the very few options there. That won't change. One major beauty of Linux is its flexibility, so it can also provide niche/embedded products.