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I can't see that happening for the same reason that enterprise software will never die: people equate quality with cost, rightly or wrongly. OSX is essentially
by run4yourlives 19y ago
I can't see that happening for the same reason that enterprise software will never die: people equate quality with cost, rightly or wrongly.
OSX is essentially BSD++ with a massive price tag associated with it. You could put the exact same OS out as open source and it would remain in the realm of the power-user/hobbyist.
- rms 19y agoPerhaps it won't happen in ten years. But I'd be willing to wager that it will happen in 75 years. In the real long term, for products like desktop environments that aren't niche products, open source can't lose.
- run4yourlives 19y agoIn 75 years I'd be more willing to bet that the notion of a "desktop OS" will be irrelevant. :-)