What do you think? Will Microsoft (possible Windows) and Linux based operating systems dominate market still in for example 20 years to future? Some technologies seems to last for ever (for example QWERTY).
About the QWERTY, I recommend to read this:I hope Linux implodes soon.
QWERTY is surely a technique that should have been replaced long ago, but our muscle memory has become used to it - and learning a layout that is only available on the minority of computers will probably not really improve your productivity at all.
Generally, however, the question should be whether computers with actual keyboards will still dominate in 20 years. And I am really afraid of the future here.
We (finns) also use umlauts. There is also a version of Dvorak which has umlauts. We also have own layout which is designed to write Finnish (DAS-layout) . Although neither Dvorak or DAS is widely used here.I am German, I need my umlauts, so Dvorak is out of the question here. I know that there are alternatives, like Colemak and Neo, but, again, I use a variety of (own and not own) computers, including smartphones, so I cannot make sure that all of them come with the particular layout. QWERTZ has it quirks.
(I guess we're drifting into off-topic though.)
I am German, I need my umlauts, so Dvorak is out of the question here. I know that there are alternatives, like Colemak and Neo, but, again, I use a variety of (own and not own) computers, including smartphones, so I cannot make sure that all of them come with the particular layout. QWERTZ has it quirks.
(I guess we're drifting into off-topic though.)
There is no reliable Pythia and never was, except in the story telling of the Ancient Greeks. So what to "think"?Niels Bohr said:Prediction is very difficult, specially if it is about the future.
Using sensors for keyboards is another technology.
You seem to assume that there is going to be an OS market, namely a place with buyers and sellers. That is already getting to be untrue. The vast majority of all computers in the world run an OS that the user never paid for directly. If you look at server machines, the vast majority run Linux, which is (by construction) free. If you look at desktop clients, the vast majority run Windows, but most didn't actually buy it, it came "free" with the purchase of the hardware, which means that the end user didn't have a choice, instead the hardware vendor (HP, Acer, ...) gave a small amount to Microsoft. The second largest desktop OS (MacOS) is by construction free, but only to people who have purchased Mac hardware. Of the people who re-install OSes that can be bought (nearly always Windows), the bulk do not actually pay for the copy, but install either free student copies (Windows is free for high school and college students), or use pirated copies. Then there is the mobile market (a large fraction of all computers in the world are mobile), but there you don't even have a choice of OS, nor can you purchase one: If you have an iPhone, you get your free iOS, and otherwise you get your free Android, end of discussion.Will Microsoft (possible Windows) and Linux based operating systems dominate market ...
Why? It is a very good solution for many problems. For example, every single supercomputer on the Top500 list runs Linux. The vast majority of all servers in the world run Linux (the fraction is probably near 100% among the FAANG and cloud companies, with the notable exception of MS Azure).I hope Linux implodes soon.
Why not? The fact that they solve people's problems more efficiently than the alternatives demonstrate that they are better than other options. If we assume that computer users are rational, then we have to conclude that the tools they use are the best tools available. And since Linux, Windows and Android are leaders in the market place, they must be the best available OSes, QED. You may not personally like them, and that's your choice: you don't have to use them.Whatever it is I hope it's not Linux, Windows, or Android. None of those I think are particularly great.
I think it's rather on the fast track to world domination.Linux does seem like it's on the fast track to implosion.
I don't think you mean "Linux users". I think you mean "Linux evangelists and clueless people in the blogosphere". Who are the real Linux users? They are the CIOs of companies that decide which OS to run; they are the technical people running supercomputers with hundreds of thousands of nodes, and clouds with millions of nodes. These are the folks who make decisions about whether and how to use Linux. And I'm quite sure you haven't heard any of them praise Microsoft products. Not because they dislike Microsoft, but because they tend to not speak in public.Even Linux users, who already praise Microsoft for where they've absorbed Linux and inserted Microsoft products, ...
Well, the market is wider term than just what can be bought. Even if all the products are free, there is still a market between products.You seem to assume that there is going to be an OS market
Not the topic of this thread, but I have to say that I mostly hate Quora, because there are so many popular answers that are plainly wrong. Often the right answer is not the top answer and also, Quora is often very US centric.
I hope Linux implodes soon.
QWERTY is surely a technique that should have been replaced long ago, but our muscle memory has become used to it - and learning a layout that is only available on the minority of computers will probably not really improve your productivity at all.
Generally, however, the question should be whether computers with actual keyboards will still dominate in 20 years. And I am really afraid of the future here.