[Elecraft] WinXP - SP3 ... too late!

[Tony Estep]

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Bill W2BLC <w2blc at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> ...Too many choices is somewhat like too many cooks spoiling the stew.
> There needs to be a single Linux system...

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But this is exactly the situation that Linux was supposed to cure. Before
the arrival of Linux there was a battle royal between HP-UX, IBM Unix, and
Solaris. Each was tailored to a certain manufacturer's hardware. One by one
they all bit the dust, with Solaris being the last to fizzle. Linux took
over the Unix world, and supposedly ended the Flavor Wars -- only to see
history repeat itself, in an even more confusing melee.

Nonetheless, Linux (in one flavor or another) is the OS of choice for
developers who are writing back-end software. It also is the OS of routers,
switches, washing machines, and a lot of devices. That probably won't
change; but the consumer PC market isn't going to change either. Windows
won't be dislodged.
The next big OS battles won't be fought on computers, but on
next-generation devices. Android has massive momentum, but the device
market is very fragmented and hardware builders don't want Google getting a
finger in their pie. So it'll be an interesting battle.

Tony KT0NY