[ILUG] Interesting blog...has the OS become irrelevant ?

[Shane Tuohy]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Kae Verens <kae at verens.com> wrote:

> John P. Looney wrote:
>
>>  http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16590
>>
>>  Some decent insight here; it's nice to see someone say "vista failed
>> because it was irrelevant" rather than "because it was crap". What it
>> might
>> also mean is that we don't need to push linux anymore either; it's just an
>> OS, and people have long been content with closed source BIOSes. The OS
>> matters less and less, as more magic is in the Browser.
>>
>
> to the casual user, yes, the OS should be irrelevant, but for servers,
> embedded electronics, home automation, etc, the OS is still important.
>

Bang on, for home users, as long as the usual bases are covered, the browser
takes care of much of the rest.

For servers and embedded stuff, it's a different ball game.

>
> kae
>
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