tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242775853403427364.post3004351713863544043..comments2023-08-29T07:35:01.207-07:00Comments on CTU: Published prediction - LINUXaskillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922094177337898629noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242775853403427364.post-44479189717696149602008-09-04T22:40:00.000-07:002008-09-04T22:40:00.000-07:00The one problem that I see with this is in getting...The one problem that I see with this is in getting mainstream (ala Grandma) adoption. I was in a computer shop not too long ago and there was an obviously non-technical lady asking about Linux. The store had the cheap (but not free) versions and she was arguing with them, because it was advertised as open source and free. She wound up buying a copy of XP for considerably more money, but it purely the perception that kept her from changing. <BR/><BR/>Non-tech people are willing to spend extra money, as has been proven with the explosion in Mac sales recently, but if they're told it is free, but the store tries to charge them even a small amount, it becomes a rip-off in their minds.<BR/><BR/>I think that is going to be the big thing to overcome, not the technology.Steve's CS855 Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688995768024141825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242775853403427364.post-14286467331216152502008-09-03T07:13:00.000-07:002008-09-03T07:13:00.000-07:00Open source software forces a shift in the way mon...Open source software forces a shift in the way money is made. The source of funding would have to be in consulting and specialized packaging of the software. <BR/> Looking at the desktop environment, it would ap[pear that the majority of Linux distribution have been poointed towards the server market and the geeks. Ubuntu and some of the other distributions are finally starting to move into the desktop environment; however, there are still major obstacle that need to be addressed before even Ubuntu is ready for prime time desktop (read that as addressing the needs of technology challenged).askillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17922094177337898629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242775853403427364.post-82659169000082142792008-08-31T20:14:00.000-07:002008-08-31T20:14:00.000-07:00In the future I would like to see and have access ...In the future I would like to see and have access to the internet at any time and location. My hope is that the devices that allow me to do this would use open source software like Linux. I foresee a future where I can have access to any song, movie or television show on my mobile device at any time. I would like to see on-demand television. I set this mobile device next to a flat panel display and could have access to movies, television shows when I want to see them during my personal schedule using internet technologies and open source software/operating systems. <BR/> <BR/>Currently if you purchase a computer it can cost more for the software then the hardware. If you consider MS Office can cost in the neighborhood of $400, antivirus $50 dollars per year, Vista $120 dollars etc… On one of my computers I use Linux Ubuntu and Open Office, so it did not cost me anything for the software. My hope is that when the above technologies becomes reality, that the software is open source, which will allow for more creativity.Chris' Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974002255990241196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242775853403427364.post-5974267668323334522008-08-26T12:42:00.000-07:002008-08-26T12:42:00.000-07:00There seems to be a trend to bloated SW. I don't ...There seems to be a trend to bloated SW. I don't see the predicted trends as an advance necessarily. I could run my first PC on an OS that fit within 64K now the OS fits on 6 DVDs. The original OS had everything I needed but them I'm used to using a command line. <BR/><BR/>As LINUX and Windows development tends to towards a common point, I think they will both lose their true value (other than being the source of constant security patches).askillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17922094177337898629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242775853403427364.post-33318388497595568572008-08-25T10:53:00.000-07:002008-08-25T10:53:00.000-07:00"KDE 4's new desktop metaphor promises to give Lin..."KDE 4's new desktop metaphor promises to give Linux users a radically new desktop experience."<BR/><BR/>Yup, we'll go from functional and plain to useless and fancy, just like Microsoft!asdasdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133205766164871010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1242775853403427364.post-74696762320479880562008-08-23T08:22:00.000-07:002008-08-23T08:22:00.000-07:00How do you think the microkernel (MINIX, QNX and M...How do you think the microkernel (MINIX, QNX and Midori) operating systems will compare to the monolithic (Windows, UNIX, Linux) operating systems in 2012 and beyond? Initially, Linux began as a microkernel before incorporating portion of FreeBSD and other UNIX variants. Both the Mac OS X and FreeBSD employ portions of the microkernel in their current OS with the inter-process communication (IPC). Where do you see Microsoft’s Midori OS in the next 4 years, which is potentially slated to replace the Windows OS genre? Do you believe third party software vendors will be up to the tasks of rewriting their products to fit the Linux and Midori architectures?edcs855https://www.blogger.com/profile/12590495603338700191noreply@blogger.com