Re: Apple and the Holy War

[Steve Mentzer <smentzer@pacbell.net>]

>Paul Schlyter wrote:
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>> However you can also skip all of that Wintel stuff and instead
>> run Linux -- performs well, even on a 386.
>
>Yes, true multitasking on a 386. Even in a limited memory environment.
>IMHO, if Linux had been around to compete with Windows in it's early
>days, I expect Windows and MS would have had a lot harder time gaining
>the market dominance it enjoys today.


I doubt it...

MS and Apple made their headway primarily due to the GUI. 

It hasn't been until very recently that the linux zealots even
acknowledged that a GUI is a *necessity* for the majority of the
populous. According to them, command line interfaces are a MUST and
EVERYONE should understand and use them :)

I love linux for what it does. But it has a LONG way to go before it
is ready for the "corporate desktop". And that is where all the $$$
and market share REALLY is.