the market for desktop Linux applications is too small to be worth considering Yes, and the market for NeXT software was likewise until Apple decided to put it

the market for desktop Linux applications is too small to be worth considering Yes, and the market for NeXT software was likewise until Apple decided to put it under a Mac shell. In fact, NT was the same until MS put it under a Windows shell. They could do it again, put Windows on a Linux kernel with a multiyear transition strategy and have the consumer and producer clients with the closest integration with Linux servers.