[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard for this link. ]
“It is the assumption of many hardcore Linux fans that the
future of Linux lies in competing effectively with Microsoft on the
desktop. Hence the literally hundreds of developers working on KDE,
GNOME, and the accompanying applications. … Long term, however, I
don’t see applications as being all that important–and that
feeling was (curiously) reinforced by Microsoft when it announced
the Microsoft.Net initiative.”
“…the basic thrust of the intiative is that in the
future applications will be run from a Web browser and essentially
live on the network, not on the local machine. … For Microsoft to
admit that they’re moving applications to the Web in the manner of
ThinkFree Office means that the paradigm shift is already
underway…”
“It also signals the death knell for Windows. Let’s
face it: if you were doing some mission-critical work via a Web
browser and needed an OS that provided a high level of reliability,
which would you choose: Linux or Windows? There’s just no
comparison.”