OS X and the end?
Okay with all the talk about Apple switching to Intel there has been some talk about OS X, invading Linux territory and spelling doom for the open source operating system, now there is some validity in these arguments so I thought I'd put in my two cents. Just to be clear I am a fan of both OS X and most Linux distributions, and have been know to use Windows now and then. So here is the deal, when Apple transitions to the x86 architecture there leaves the possiblity of installing the OS in non Apple hardware, but I'm not sold on that. Given the possibility people might think about switching to OS X other than Linux for many reasons, that deal with interface and a long list of things that essentially makes Linux a tough sell for the personal desktop market.
This can happen and probably will, now before all of you claim the end of Linux, please note that one Apple is extremely protective about its products so yes OS X may runn on the x86 architecture but Apple will denfinetly try to make it so that people buy their products, so I'm not seeing such a clean or fast transition... I could be wrong about this ... but it makes sense. Apple isn't going to give up on it product line any time soon and probably find ways to restrict where and how their products are used. Now the argument is because OS X is such a focused and clean operating system there is little to point people in the way of Linux. The statement has some validity but let get this out right now Apple's "proprietary" operating system has many hurdles like driver support and stability in the new architechure. On the other end of the scope Linux isn't as focused, in the sense there are hundreds of version of the OS with about eight different ways of doing the same thing, hence not as focused; there is also the fact that Linux is open source and has a strong following in educational (college) and server markets. The operating system has also been around the block a few times and is pretty much stable on any architeture due to someone's little pet project and the driver support is getting there. Now I'm not saying that none of this can't change, its just what it looks like now, so with everyone talking about the end of Linux, I just see a possibility for less dominance/reliance on Windows.
This can happen and probably will, now before all of you claim the end of Linux, please note that one Apple is extremely protective about its products so yes OS X may runn on the x86 architecture but Apple will denfinetly try to make it so that people buy their products, so I'm not seeing such a clean or fast transition... I could be wrong about this ... but it makes sense. Apple isn't going to give up on it product line any time soon and probably find ways to restrict where and how their products are used. Now the argument is because OS X is such a focused and clean operating system there is little to point people in the way of Linux. The statement has some validity but let get this out right now Apple's "proprietary" operating system has many hurdles like driver support and stability in the new architechure. On the other end of the scope Linux isn't as focused, in the sense there are hundreds of version of the OS with about eight different ways of doing the same thing, hence not as focused; there is also the fact that Linux is open source and has a strong following in educational (college) and server markets. The operating system has also been around the block a few times and is pretty much stable on any architeture due to someone's little pet project and the driver support is getting there. Now I'm not saying that none of this can't change, its just what it looks like now, so with everyone talking about the end of Linux, I just see a possibility for less dominance/reliance on Windows.
posted by Steve at 9:48 PM
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