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Yes, I think Windows, Mac OS X, and other paid operating systems like the OS on the PS3, Wii, 360, and other electronics are slowly dying because people are learning more about free and open source operating systems for their computers, servers, phones, and other electronics.

If you include web hosting servers, tablets, smartphones, cameras, newer game consoles like Ouya, Steambox, Gamestick, Nvidia Shield, and settop boxes like Roku and Boxxee as computers, free operating systems like Linux, Android, Ubuntu, etc are rising faster then paid operating systems which are expensive, and more restrictive because you need to pay for each individual computer license eventhough you bought the installer disc/file.
 
I wish that were the case, but it doesn't seem to be so IMO. It's been 15 years since Linux ended up being distributed freely and open-source as far as I can remember, and every time I personally tried to use a linux distro for my main production, its just been a pain in the ass.

The thing about open-sourced software of any kind is that it's only ever as good as the time and effort you're willing to put into it. This means that in order to improve the software in question, you have to develop for it, or actively bug-report every single problem in detail to people who do develop for it.
If the software is closed-sourced, you could simply go buy some other software, or complain to the developers, and since the developers are given a financial incentive to fix the program's problems, they very likely will in a timely manner. This is not the case with OSD, since most of them aren't sponsored at all. :ermm:

If it turns out that Windows 8 sucks as hard as I think it does, then Linux will definitely have a shot. Right now, VALVE has successfully developed a version of STEAM that works on linux, and has worked with Nvidia and AMD to get games like Portal and the Left 4 Dead series to run properly under the Linux API, with some seriously promising results.

http://steamforlinux.com/

This could be a game-changer for the Open-source industry as a whole. :geek:
 
Google Chromebook OS which is free and open source is getting very popular, but Chrome OS is not as open as Ubuntu or Linux Mint since it is more connected with Google although Chrome OS is based on the open source Chromium Browser and Linux. I read the Samsung Google Chromebook is the best selling laptop on Amazon.com because of its cheap price of 200 dollars or more for the Acer Chromebook and there is a more slightly expensive Samsung SSD Chromebook.

I also agree Google Android which is a free OS for mobile devices and game console is very popular, and has a lot of great apps for it.

I think if people's computing habits switch more to mobile, and don't use desktop and laptop as much, free OS like Android, Firefox OS, and Ubuntu will be more popular.

People also might slowly forget about a lot of big brands since people are skipping advertisements on TVs by pre-recording shows with DVRs, VCRs, and other recorders, and a lot of young people don't pay attention or block online advertisements with ad-blockers, so they are less likely to see ads for big brands, and may likely just buy computers which are cheapest because they do not need to spend hundreds for pre-installed paid operating systems like Windows and Mac OS X.

A lot of developers like Mojang/Minecraft, Temple Run, Angry Birds for software are finding that they earn more money by making their software compatible with Linux, Android, and other free OS, and making them compatible is easier these days since there are a lot of programming languages like Java, Javascript, Python, HTML5, C++, etc which work on different OS instead of just Windows like .NET series of programming languages by MS.
 
I think those companies are in decline not because of the usage of Linux and Android, but rather, the fact that those companies thought that their shit didnt stink, and had many believing the same, until someone woke up and realized that it stunk up the entire place.

So now, it is a matter of who stinks the worst, rather than who stinks vs who doesn't, like it was before..
 
Black Angel said:
I think those companies are in decline not because of the usage of Linux and Android, but rather, the fact that those companies thought that their shit didnt stink, and had many believing the same, until someone woke up and realized that it stunk up the entire place.

So now, it is a matter of who stinks the worst, rather than who stinks vs who doesn't, like it was before..
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This.

Companies have been making so many monumentally idiotic choices that you would think they were terrified of money and success or something.
 
The locked down model of paid operating systems like DRM/License keys are also very annoying since if you lose the key, or the server which verifies the key is legit is down, you can't use the software, or have to phone up MS to reactivate your key.

This is one of the reasons I don't like buying paid software for Windows since they ask you to keep track of a key, or tie your software to an account like a Live.com account. I think Windows OS since XP also only allow you to use the install disc on one motherboard, and you need to phone up Microsoft to ask them to reset your key if you use the Key on a new motherboard, computer or laptop.
 
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