When someone comes out with a true normal every desktop version of Linux for the PC, then they will have won the battle, not before.
When someone comes out with a true normal every desktop version of Linux for the PC, then they will have won the battle, not before.
I don't really buy the entire "battle" scenario that these articles promote in the first place. The only "battle" I care about is my choice, and that was won when an alternative was made available which I could download and use with freedom. I honestly don't understand why anyone would ever care whether any OS dominates the market or represents any particular size of it so long as their preferred option is out there to be used.
I saw on the web somewhere the statement that about .00001 percent of cars on the road are Ferraris. Does that make that company unsuccessful as an automobile manufacturer? Have they lost the battle? Hardly. For those who choose to drive a Ferrari I would be surprised if they feel that company to be anything but very successful because they have the option of driving one and love doing so more than likely. Should they care that more people, by gigantic margins, drive Toyotas or Chevrolets? I can't imagine why. The only problem is if Ferrari decided that this mattered and so changed their design and started making knock-off Chevies. That would be a lost battle. And the same is true for Linux.