The Day, Or Year, The Linux Desktop Died
It was back in 2002, according to Sam Trenholme, the creator of the secure DNS server software MaraDNS. That was the year that forces conspired to make sure Linux on the desktop would never become a reality. Linux as a server was another matter entirely, but to him the "Linux desktop" is as dead as the Amiga.
How did this happen? Sam cites three things.
* Mac OS X was out and getting application support; UNIX was finally on the desktop (and it wasn't Linux).
* Windows XP came out: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) finally had an OS for end-user desktops with server-level stability. [I question whether XP's stability is "server-level"; that to me would imply being able to hot-add memory or do other things that are way out of XP's league. "Suitably stable" is more like it.]
* Loki games, a company that made games for Linux, went out of business. This was the final nail in the coffin for commercial desktop applications for Linux.
In his view, this created a death trap.
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There's no conspiracy theory in the article, it is just used as a metaphor. BUT, it's a crappy article, which brings nothing new to the table