On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> "A Microsoft networking division manager has been contacting LUGs
> (including LUGoD) regarding what appear to be focus groups concerning
> "where you'd like to see Microsoft in five years".-6' comes to
> mind...."
>
> [read more below for details]
>
> This being a slow friday evening, this strikes me as an excellent time
> to ask y'all where would you like to see Linux (the kernel) and Linux
> (the OS) be in five years. Go wild...
>
In five years I hope to see the Linux operating system as the predominant
operating system on computers, surpassing Windows by a long shot. I think
Linux is a much superior OS than Windows is, with a better development
model and I would like to see it deployed more commonly on the desktop as
well.
As for improvements to it:
1. Better Hebrew support especially in not-so-WYSIWYG technologies like
DocBook.
2. Better office suites that can rival Microsoft Office and similar
commercial offerings.
3. Better support for emerging web standards like SVG, MathML, etc. in
web-browsers.
4. A good full-fledged open source vector graphics editing program.
5. A complete sound editing program to rival CoolEdit.
(just the things off the top of my head - there may be others I don't
recall).
As for the kernel - I'm not sure if I'm aware of any standing issues with
it, at least as far as I'm concerned. It just works and it is useful as it
is. What I would like to see is open source Nvidia drivers.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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Writing a BitKeeper replacement is probably easier at this point than getting
its license changed.
Matt Mackall on OFTC.net #offtopic.
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