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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by MetaWhirledPeas on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:33PM (#35820046)
> Linux won in servers and supercomputing, but not in end user computing.

Pardon the side discussion, but I think this is because of a few things.

1. OS-exclusive "killer apps" (Office, anything that integrates with an iPhone)

2. Games

The killer apps have better alternatives now, and games are starting to work better on Linux. Microsoft's business model no longer requires everyone to use Windows. (Mac is another story.) So I think that, at least for non-Macolytes, Linux end user dominance is certainly on the horizon.

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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by flerchin on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:30PM (#35820875)
This year is the year of the Linux Desktop!

I kid. I've been primarily a Linux Desktop user for 20 years.

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Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI” by importantbrian on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:56PM (#35821218)
Linux did kind of win for end user computing. Android is based on a modified linux kernel.
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