[catnipman]

“Whether you want to share a photo, make plans for dinner, or get an answer from a friend or coworker “

Uh, what if instead I want to run a refinery, paper mill, a hospital, a missile factory, a DMV office, an accounting firm, law firm, CAD/CAM design firm, then what?

Oh, yeah. Right. Widows 7 Pro/Enterprise until 2020. But what about after 2020, Microsoft?

[dayglored]

> Uh, what if instead I want to run a refinery, paper mill, a hospital, a missile factory, a DMV office, an accounting firm, law firm, CAD/CAM design firm, then what? Oh, yeah. Right. Widows 7 Pro/Enterprise until 2020.

I predict a lot of businesses will have switched to Linux by 2020, and lots of home users will have switched to Macs. The rest will continue using Win7 forever, regardless of the lack of security updates.

My fervent hope is that before 2020 rolls around, Windows 10 gets serious, drops this groooooovy teenage obsession with bullsh!!, and again becomes an operating system that is suitable for getting real work done.

I'm gonna need it, because even though I'm totally comfortable with Linux and Mac systems, and use them, I gotta have Windows for some stuff that only runs on Windows.

[Windflier]

Widows 7 Pro/Enterprise until 2020. But what about after 2020, Microsoft?

That is the sixty four thousand dollar question, isn't it?

I don't know why a group of software developers don't get together and build an operating system to compete with Microsoft. There's a gigantic market opportunity just laying there for the taking.