Steele Johnson wrote on Nov 25, 2022, 18:15:
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IMO, I don't think the software industry outside of MS's walled garden is going to care when MS goes subscription-based or their bloated operating system starts costing way too much to maintain. Something is going to give at some point. Millennials and Gen-Z aren't big MS fans. They see them as old-school, legacy software providers. The software industry itself will eventually make proprietary Windows obsolete at some point. I just wish it was sooner rather than later
You're thinking of it from a user-first perspective. Microsoft isn't focused on the home market. If they were, they wouldn't be handing out free upgrades for their last two OSes. They know they've lost the eyes of most people who have switched to phones and tablets for most, if not all, of their computing needs. What they care about first and foremost is the corporate and enterprise markets since they make up the bulk of their revenue stream. Any change in those environments is glacial and Microsoft can count on that revenue. So they're not going to do anything to rock the boat. They believe that Azure is their future with everything "cloud native".
Would I like to see Linux take over the desktop? Absolutely. Do I think it is likely to happen? Not within the timeframe where I will still care about desktops.
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