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If Current Trends Continue, Linux Will be a Dominant OS in ~10 Years (fosstodon.org)
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If Current Trends Continue, Linux Will be a Dominant OS in ~10 Years

https://logicalerzor.codeberg.page/blog/linux-desktop-growth-trajectory/

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[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

This isn't totally crazy. Microsoft is heavily invested in the AI bubble and will not go as they will have less money to fund windows, which is already losing all of its competitive edges and is not working right. The niche is where windows will be necessary instead of a choice that can easily be done away with are going to shrink possibly all the way down to Legacy business application support at which point even then it would be a heterogeneous environment at those companies