Of Hardware and OSs

“Currently, Linux systems take the very high end machines (any
machine more powerful than a fully tricked out MacPro {read
supercomputers and mainframes}), and the very low end machines
(phones, routers, palm-tops, PVRs). In both cases, someone is
missing. Microsoft. I do not hate Microsoft. Many people would
think that I did (being a Linux fan, and to a lesser extent an
Apple fan), but I really don’t. I just think that they have failed
to adapt to a changing market place, and I feel that they are
stifling the progress of IT. Apple, on the other hand, has been
aiding. Apple didn’t reinvent the phone. Apple showed the a
Blackberry/Palm styled phone could be made for the average person.
They made it, and they sold it rather well. The iPad has shown that
tablets actually are in demand, and for once someone has proven
that Windows is not a requirement for consumer computers. The
reality is that most people think of a computer operating system as
inseparable from the computer itself. So, where are we headed?

“Many people are talking about the death of the desktop. This
will never be the case. For the vast majority of the population,
the iPad is more than enough.”

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