____/ Rex Ballard on Tuesday 01 January 2008 19:59 : \____
> Meanwhile, companies like Adobe, Borland, and Sun are becoming much
> more aggressive about their support for OS/X and Linux.
This is actually very true and it says a lot. Adobe said it would not support
Windows Vista (unless you buy the very latest version of their software). A
couple of weeks ago, Adobe released the new Flash player for Linux and Windows
simultaneously, which is very rare. It also began it's gentle approach towards
the open source world by donating a project.
Companies have begun looking ahead, and they cannot foresee Vista as a common
carrier that will be wisely deployed. The version /after/ Vista? Maybe. But
mind you, it's all cumulative, so the next version of Windows is just a Vista
derivative. It will have the same bad DNA and people will be diasappointed. I
guarantee you that people will stick with XP even when Windows 7 is out
(probably around 2010). Unless of course they have already moved to GNU/Linux
(KDE 4.5? KDE 5.0? GNOME 3.0?) or bought a Mac...
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