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No it wasn't. Nor was it needed. Linux is unstoppable. The monotonic accumulation of all that open source goodness is like a giant capacitor taking forever to
by college_physics 4y ago
No it wasn't. Nor was it needed.
Linux is unstoppable. The monotonic accumulation of all that open source goodness is like a giant capacitor taking forever to charge. The result takes a while compared to a well funded commercial enterprise, but it slowly morphs into a super desktop that is basically impossible to compete against. Free, super capable, private by design. You cannot beat that with bells and whistles. The "average person" UX red lines will be met at some point.
Make no mistake. Life is not linear. Nothing much happens, it becomes a running joke and then, boom and its not a joke anymore, its the new reality.
- jcelerier 4y ago> Make no mistake. Life is not linear. Nothing much happens, it becomes a running joke and then, boom and its not a joke anymore, its the new reality. A data point: today I was talking with a friend who works in a company making a 3D software. Apparently since last year they lost most of their clients to Blender, which used to be the butt of so many 3D software jokes.
- coffeebeqn 4y agoLet’s not forget that the other players in the OS game are literally the biggest and richest companies in the world. Apple, MS, Google. It’s phenomenal what Linux has achieved and will continue to achieve