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What will this mean for the future?
In 2020, there will be only two operating systmes and one hardware platform (x86). The market will be divided between MS Windows and Linux. Apple will offer their own Linux distribution with a Macintosh desktop, which is then easily ported from the Darwin kernel.
In 2020, there will be only two operating systmes and one hardware platform (x86). The market will be divided between MS Windows and Linux. Apple will offer their own Linux distribution with a Macintosh desktop, which is then easily ported from the Darwin kernel.
Hmm
was possibly looking at getting one of these too in my recent laptop search
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Bodo said:
What will this mean for the future?
In 2020, there will be only two operating systmes and one hardware platform (x86). The market will be divided between MS Windows and Linux. Apple will offer their own Linux distribution with a Macintosh desktop, which is then easily ported from the Darwin kernel.
What *are* you talking about? By 2010 desktop operating systems will be completely irrelevant. Nobody gives a stuff what hardware or OS their electronics run on as the prime diffentiator will be interoperability and functionality. Home entertainment will centre around an iPod base unit that wirelessly streams data to your PS5 and your personal assistant that is, of course, a multimedia player and PIM as well as your only phone. There may well be Windows or Linux or PalmOS or Symbian underlying the GUI, and it may or may not run on an x86, PowerPC, ARM or Cell processor but nobody will care.
All of this is pretty much available now; it'll be standard in a few years time.
Back on topic - this has been on the cards for ages. Apple first ported to x86 in the early '90s but never released it; NeXT turned to x86 shortly before dying and OSX is just NeXT with prettier icons. PowerPC is only still going as a platform because of Apple and they've not delivered on their promises for years.
Ballistic Banana said:
Hmm
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Bodo said:
What *are* you talking about? By 2010 desktop operating systems will be completely irrelevant.
2010 is in five years. What equally drastic changes happened in the last five years to support your claim?
Um. Lots. How well could your phone play MP3s in 2000? Could your PDA navigate you through Belgium? Could you play your CD collection simultaneously through your hifi, your TV and your computer, without anything actually being physically connected? The rate of technological convergence has been quite astounding and is showing no signs of letting up.
zumbruk said:
PowerPC is only still going as a platform because of Apple
Oh, that and the millions of dollars of p-Series servers and the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Cell processors in games consoles.
Yeah, I thought that after I posted. Was just hoping nobody would notice
zumbruk said:
Not all the world is home computers, you know.
That was actually rather the thrust of my post if you hadn't noticed...
deckster said:
Bodo said:
deckster said:
What *are* you talking about? By 2010 desktop operating systems will be completely irrelevant.
2010 is in five years. What equally drastic changes happened in the last five years to support your claim?
Um. Lots. How well could your phone play MP3s in 2000? Could your PDA navigate you through Belgium? Could you play your CD collection simultaneously through your hifi, your TV and your computer, without anything actually being physically connected? The rate of technological convergence has been quite astounding and is showing no signs of letting up.
Not a lot happened on the operating system front; Windows, OSX, Linux with almost constant market shares. Mobile OS account for 1.3% of web use as we speak. This will probably change in future, as new hard- and software has recently been launched: Android, ipad, ChromeOS. Windows mobile has been relaunched as Windows Phone; an attempt of MS to defend against the open-source-based competition from Apple and Google.
There's generally a move towards open-source in devices that are now getting computing functions. Apps in your car? Intel, BMW, GM and other companies are pushing Genivi, a Linux-based OS for vehicle infotainment platforms with API for apps. No surprise: automotive OEM do not fancy single source supplier concepts.
There's still more to come - just a matter of time until our fridges have an operating system.
Bodo said:
There's still more to come - just a matter of time until our fridges have an operating system.
Why not, he's still 9 years behind the timeshttp://www.reviewsonline.com/articles/980998102.ht...
Chimune said:
Mybad - i didnt read the quoted paras form 2005 ! It makes sense now - but i feel obliged to ask:
Have you been waiting all this time, just to prove your (much much) earlier point ?
Sorry for late reply: no, I have a short attention span, and was busy with fixing my Land Rover in between.Have you been waiting all this time, just to prove your (much much) earlier point ?
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