Linux has won!

[Stan Goodman]

On Sunday, April 03, 2011 04:48:02 PM Ariel Biener Ariel Biener 
<ariel at post.tau.ac.il> wrote:
> As a desktop platform, Linux has not won, and that was what
> your colleague was referring to. The fact Linux is embedded
> into many devices, and that some of them even present a UI
> to you is not irrelevant, Linux is indeed a platform that is uniquely
> adept for these devices (both in terms of stability, development and
> most probably in terms of licensing), however, he meant his "desktop
> OS", and we're not there yet.

To emphasize the above, recall that there was a time when most of the 
ATMs in the United States were running OS/2, and many (including myself) 
fell into the trap of concluding that OS/2 had a bright future for that 
reason, Somehow things didn't quite work out that way.

Linux has made good inroads inside devices where the proverbial "Jake 
the Plumber" doesn't see it and doesn't know it is there. Windows, on 
the other hand is literally the only OS he has ever seen or heard of.

When you are tempted to think that "we are there", spare a thought for 
OS/2, and think again.
-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel