IT Job creations... IT job losses?

[Anton Markov]

Have you seen the predictions and screen shots of WinFX in Longhorn? 
Have you ever tried Windows Blinds? DesktopX?

Have you heard of truly scalable windows that are created out of 3D 
meshes, and the whole
desktop is rendered in Direct3D?  Can you imagine the ability to "fly" 
around the desktop?  In
the area of window managers and *looks*, Windows wins 10:1

<http://www.wincustomize.com/> For more

Unfortunately for Linux, there will always be people who like their 
computer to actually *look*
good rather than work well. After all, what does the average user need 
2GHz+ of power for?

I think that in the end, MS, Mac and Linux will simply fill their own 
market niches:
Linux -> Servers, diskless workstations, software developers, lite users 
(web, e-mail, OOffice)
Mac -> Graphic/video designers
MS -> Average (business) users and gamers



JoeHill wrote:

>On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 20:43:37 -0500
>CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> uttered:
>
>  
>
>>I wrote: "ugly user interfaces that only geeks and zealots could
>>love." I rest my case:)
>>    
>>
>
>Here's a shot of that "ugly user interface":
>
>http://www.orderinchaos.org/xfce4.png
>
>I keep an install of XFCE4 around on my machine to show people who think
>Linux is "ugly" or "difficult". None of the setup involved in this shot
>would require anything more than what would be required in something
>like KDE or Gnome.
>
>Your case just got thrown out for lack of evidence ;-)
>
>  
>

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Anton


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