XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: chrisv@nospam.invalid   
      
   The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > clinker wrote:   
   >> Not to derail this thread, which is a good one, but it is possible an   
   >> operating system will be developed that threaten both Linux and Windows   
   >> existence as it is known today.   
   >   
   > most things are *possible*   
   >   
   >> OS2 had a good run for example. It is still alive and well in some   
   >> proprietary industrial equipment because it is impervious to hacks as no   
   >> one remembers it.   
      
   We also had Amigas and Atari ST's, before it become impractical to   
   compete with the Wintel juggernaut on the desktop.   
      
   If Micro$oft could push all of those (at least somewhat) established   
   platforms out of the market, what chance does a newcomer have?   
      
   >But the thing is, again from my perspective, as a user, not a developer   
   >of operating systems, is that what you want - and IBM, Red Hat etc   
   >understand this - is a reliable secure bug free platform on which to   
   >write applications that is easily ported to whatever hardware is available.   
   >   
   >And in that context 30 years of development beats a new kid on the block   
   >every day.   
      
   It's almost impossible to come from behind, in these markets.   
      
   --   
   "The middle 32 characters look very random - but it looks like you   
   stop at the letter 'f'.  * why stop at letter f?"  -  "DFS", putting   
   his ignorance on display   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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