Quote - > Quote - I know that PC users will eventually be forced -- kicking and screaming in some cases -- to go over to whatever Microsoft cares to feed the majority of us with.

Not necessarily - depending on what OSX and Linux do over the next year or two, MSFT may find themselves in trouble. Dell is already starting to sell Linux-loaded machines, Ubuntu is starting to gain a HUGE number of converts, and a Mac Mini is rather inexpensive these days for what you get.

 

If MS doesn't quit doing some of what they are doing -- they might just find themselves in danger of a slipping market.  However -- realistically speaking -- the others have an awfully long ways to go before they can seriously be regarded as a dangerous challenge to Microsoft's near-total dominance in the overall desktop PC market.

Some of us geeky types might be tempted to flee MS, though.......which could be a building sign of long-term trouble for MS down the road.  If all true geeks were to decide en masse to jump over to Linux, then there's a chance that eventually grandma might be using Linux to download pictures of her grandkids & to get her e-mail, too.

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