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I sincerely doubt this and can’t envision a world moving away from Microsoft and it’s back comparability with legacy software. Not to mention the Business world
by Jcowell 5y ago
I sincerely doubt this and can’t envision a world moving away from Microsoft and it’s back comparability with legacy software. Not to mention the Business world and academics world dependence on Microsoft’s Business Suite (and no Google Sheets only advantage over excel is collaboration. Excel beats it every other metric and no one is moving sensitive documents from Excel over to Sheets.)
Also take into account that the common person who works on Windows at work might also work at windows at home.
And then there is gaming.
Microsoft is not going away anytime soon. Especially with Apple’s move towards dropping 32-bit and the general consumers not adopting Linux anytime soon.
- fragileone 5y agoOn the gaming front since Steam released Proton the future is now uncertain for Microsoft hegemony. Linux can now run AAA titles on launch, with the only significant barrier that's left being kernel-level anti-cheats. But with WINE's rapid development, cloud gaming becoming more popular (just yesterday for instance Xbox Cloud Gaming became available for Linux browsers) and VFIO becoming easier I don't expect this to be an issue still in the next few years.
- Jcowell 5y agoI still doubting that regular consumers will go out of their way to buy Linux Ready Laptops/Gaming PCs (and no they’re not installing Linux on their computers) I think HN in general severely overestimates how willing to normal consumer is to use Linux over Windows and how much utility Windows has.