just wait and see

It’s almost common knowledge that windows operating systems are sub-optimal, the only reason that they are popular is because they are everywhere and software will always work on windows. This is a feedback loop all the way, people use windows because their favourite programs are on it and their favourite programs are on it because people use it.

Apple has had some good growth in operating system market share. Their computers are pretty solid and are a breath of fresh air to users because they don’t explode on touch. However since the death of Steve Jobs I doubt that they will continue growing (Jobs put a ridiculous amount of effort and vision into his projects).

Since the pre-release of windows 8,  people are realising that it is not the right operating system to convert to. Valve, one of the important ways for gamers to get games has noticed this. With a good proportion of tasks possible from inside a web browser, and computer gaming soon to be available on Linux, maybe people will be motivated to switch to the free operating system.

I had wanted to learn the Unix system for a while and I switched to Ubuntu last time windows crashed on me. I soon learned that if I want anything from windows all I had to do was make a virtual session (Which is really easy).

Considering that the competition is dwindling Linux might be around more in the future. I am never going back, hopefully the rest of the population will agree.