is there a company that can challenge MS with OS business

[QUOTE="payucon"]THINK LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!Tjeremiah1988

I dont see MANY people willing to learn the end and outs just to use Linux.

poeple like the ease of windows, you would need to learn linux CLI in order to use many of its functions

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[QUOTE="virtuas"]is there a company rich enough to challege ms' OS business. I want to see competitive business in this area and i want someone like an oil company challenge them. i would love to see that company compete not with innovation because that doesnt work, but compete with money. Ms is not good with competition, but they have money and thats how they succeed.SpruceCaboose

great point.

i want to see samsung enter the OS and gaming business. They are good at what they do.

Did you just quote yourself to agree?

LOL Wut?

Personally whats really keeping MS in the OS market is

• Office
• DirectX
• Pre-installed units with major manufacturers (Dell,HP, Toshiba)

[QUOTE="virtuas"]is there a company rich enough to challege ms' OS business. I want to see competitive business in this area and i want someone like an oil company challenge them. i would love to see that company compete not with innovation because that doesnt work, but compete with money. Ms is not good with competition, but they have money and thats how they succeed.virtuas

great point.

i want to see samsung enter the OS and gaming business. They are good at what they do.

lol forgot to sign into your alt account? Anyway with the monopoly microsoft has in the OS market and their endless pockets i doubt we'll see a true challenge.

Its been happening for years, its just people are too lazy to learn a new OS. You have Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Mac OS. All of those are leaps and bounds better than Windows.Vasichko

Neither are better then Windows.

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[QUOTE="payucon"]THINK LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!ParadiddleFill

I dont see MANY people willing to learn the end and outs just to use Linux.

poeple like the ease of windows, you would need to learn linux CLI in order to use many of its functions

Linux is only really an option to none gamers; its game support is very limit. This being a gaming forum I don't know why so many people are bringing it up.AnnoyedDragon

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[QUOTE="payucon"]THINK LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!darkmagician06

I dont see MANY people willing to learn the end and outs just to use Linux.

poeple like the ease of windows, you would need to learn linux CLI in order to use many of its functions

Is that a joke? It's easy for IM and internet surfing but certain things like installing basic drivers can be a major task for the average Joe.

Ubuntu's game support is actually pretty good if you use Wine.Vandalvideo

If it was any good then people would take Linux seriously as a gamer OS; which they don't.

Is that a joke? It's easy for IM and internet surfing but certain things like installing basic drivers can be a major task for the average Joe.

Deihmos

No kidding, I tried to update flash on a EEE PC one time and it required consoles and crap. What's wrong with a damn executable auto install?

If it was any good then people would take Linux seriously as a gamer OS; which they don't. AnnoyedDragon

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[QUOTE="payucon"]THINK LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!darkmagician06

I dont see MANY people willing to learn the end and outs just to use Linux.

poeple like the ease of windows, you would need to learn linux CLI in order to use many of its functions

im using linux right now and its not as easy to use as windows

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[QUOTE="payucon"]THINK LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!Deihmos

I dont see MANY people willing to learn the end and outs just to use Linux.

poeple like the ease of windows, you would need to learn linux CLI in order to use many of its functions

Is that a joke? It's easy for IM and internet surfing but certain things like installing basic drivers can be a major task for the average Joe.

yeah they would need to know CLI commands and i doubt the avreage guy or girl would want to type commands for things like updating drivers and what not

[QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"]If it was any good then people would take Linux seriously as a gamer OS; which they don't. Vandalvideo

wine is sick but some of the games like bioshock has problems working properly

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"]If it was any good then people would take Linux seriously as a gamer OS; which they don't. ParadiddleFill

wine is sick but some of the games like bishock has problems working properly

Just out of curiosity, had anyone here heard anything recent regarding Oracle's OS that's meant to challenge Windows? I thought it was supposed to release this year.mattbbpl

Oracle? New operating system? Meant to challenge Windows? I am intrigued, tell me more!

[QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"]If it was any good then people would take Linux seriously as a gamer OS; which they don't. Vandalvideo

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[QUOTE="payucon"]THINK LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!darkmagician06

I dont see MANY people willing to learn the end and outs just to use Linux.

poeple like the ease of windows, you would need to learn linux CLI in order to use many of its functions

Don't be silly. Try getting it to do everything windows does, as well as windows does without problems. It's a lose/lose situation, even if it is possible it's not something the average joe is willing to go through.

Windows being dominant is a good thing, hell any OS being dominant is good, if we had various OS about it'd make things a lot trickier for your average joe. Ialso don't get the point in this topic, no,there is no one to properly compete with MS.

You have Mac and Linux but eh..they just..exist. There not a threat and Microsoft could put an end to them, they have the means they'd just get sued into the ground.