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  • L Lost User

    This is the wrong place for such questions. We don't have any psychics or crystal balls here. Only Crystal Reports sometimes.

    The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
    This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
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    Gittum
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    Just wanted to know what ppl think abt it! :doh:

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    • G Gittum

      And what happens in future? Will there be any OS to compete with Windows and then change the scenario!!

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      Amarnath S
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      Yes. Windows 11. Caveat: The future may not have as many 'computers' as mobile devices.

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      • G Gittum

        And what happens in future? Will there be any OS to compete with Windows and then change the scenario!!

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        Pete OHanlon
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        I am informed that this is the year of the Linux Desktop.

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          Yes. Windows 11. Caveat: The future may not have as many 'computers' as mobile devices.

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          Gittum
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          :laugh:

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            I am informed that this is the year of the Linux Desktop.

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            OriginalGriff
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            What? Again? :omg:

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              What? Again? :omg:

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              Simon_Whale
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              I thought it was called optimism :laugh:

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                What? Again? :omg:

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                Sascha Lefevre
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                Every year is the year of the Linux Desktop. I find your lack of faith disturbing..

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                • S Sascha Lefevre

                  Every year is the year of the Linux Desktop. I find your lack of faith disturbing..

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                  HobbyProggy
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                  Sascha Lefévre wrote:

                  I find your lack of faith disturbing..

                  invisible pink unicorns?

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                  • P Pete OHanlon

                    I am informed that this is the year of the Linux Desktop.

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                    Joan M
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                    Somehow I saw it coming... :laugh:

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                    • H HobbyProggy

                      Sascha Lefévre wrote:

                      I find your lack of faith disturbing..

                      invisible pink unicorns?

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                      Sascha Lefevre
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                      HobbyProggy wrote:

                      invisible pink unicorns?

                      That's the desktop-theme of the latest Linux distro

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                      • G Gittum

                        And what happens in future? Will there be any OS to compete with Windows and then change the scenario!!

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                        Lost User
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                        People will keep betting on the market-leader. Meaning the market-leader will stay exactly that, regardless of quality.

                        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                        • G Gittum

                          Just wanted to know what ppl think abt it! :doh:

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                          Lost User
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                          We don't believe it.

                          Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

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                          • G Gittum

                            And what happens in future? Will there be any OS to compete with Windows and then change the scenario!!

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                            KarstenK
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                            You are talking about Personal Computers, but the time are changing. Younger people have mostly a smartphone or tablet and on these devices is Android or iOS most of the times. Do you know Kodak?

                            Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany

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                            • K KarstenK

                              You are talking about Personal Computers, but the time are changing. Younger people have mostly a smartphone or tablet and on these devices is Android or iOS most of the times. Do you know Kodak?

                              Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany

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                              KarstenK wrote:

                              Do you know Kodak?

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                              • L Lost User

                                People will keep betting on the market-leader. Meaning the market-leader will stay exactly that, regardless of quality.

                                Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                                Nicholas Marty
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                                It's not only betting on the market-leader. You stay market-leader by providing better quality than your competitors. And quality in regards to operating systems includes more than just system stability. You have to consider the number of available software (and it's quality), backwards compatibility and so on as well. You can write a completely bug-free OS if you want and you won't sell a copy of it unless your customers are actually able to run the software they need on it. Of course software companies tend to write for operating system of the market-leader first, which in turn makes it kinda difficult for other OS publishers.

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                                  This is the wrong place for such questions. We don't have any psychics or crystal balls here. Only Crystal Reports sometimes.

                                  The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                                  This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                                  "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                                  Johnny J
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                                  CDP1802 wrote:

                                  Only Crystal Reports sometimes.

                                  Yeah, well, that's not psychic - that's sorcery or black magic! Nobody ever knows if it works - and how! And nobody wants to touch it with a 10 foot pole... :doh:

                                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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                                  • G Gittum

                                    And what happens in future? Will there be any OS to compete with Windows and then change the scenario!!

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                                    GuyThiebaut
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                                    Member 9441074 wrote:

                                    Microsoft's principal products running on nearly 90 percent of the world's computers

                                    Citation required... I would say from anecdotal evidence that the percentage is smaller... apparently...

                                    “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                                    ― Christopher Hitchens

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                                    • S Sascha Lefevre

                                      HobbyProggy wrote:

                                      invisible pink unicorns?

                                      That's the desktop-theme of the latest Linux distro

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                                      Brady Kelly
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                                      The twitter handle for the EF team at MS is, yes, @efmagicunicorns. :laugh:

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                                      • K KarstenK

                                        You are talking about Personal Computers, but the time are changing. Younger people have mostly a smartphone or tablet and on these devices is Android or iOS most of the times. Do you know Kodak?

                                        Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany

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                                        Lost User
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                                        Not really a good comparison; there was an alternative for the Kodak-product. A laptop or phone is no replacement for a personal computer.

                                        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                                        • G GuyThiebaut

                                          Member 9441074 wrote:

                                          Microsoft's principal products running on nearly 90 percent of the world's computers

                                          Citation required... I would say from anecdotal evidence that the percentage is smaller... apparently...

                                          “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                                          ― Christopher Hitchens

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                                          Gittum
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                                          http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-at-40-read-bill-gates-anniversary-email-to-employees/[^] Written there!

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