> > The basic problem with all this is that Linux is NOT a desktop OS
> >like Win3/95 or OS/2 or the Mac. It's a high end server OS.
I think Linux challenges the notion of "server OS" vs "desktop OS." And I
believe the current (small) marketing efforts for Linux support this,
although perhaps not intentionally...
If you'll allow me to wax futuristic, I see many of the classic "server"
applications moving onto machines used by individuals. I see this largely
driven by the net.
* Each machine will eventually be a web server as this is how individuals
will collaborate their work as well as access their own information from
remote locations. Already Linux is like this. MacOS now ships with
"Personal Web Sharing." Windows will follow suit in time.
* Each machine could have its own database server, as needed. Today,
individuals maintain personal databases in "MS Works"-like applications.
SQL Servers have taken great strides to accomodate the net, and I see no
reason why this won't happen with the smaller databases, or the SQL
databases could scale down. Linux already does this.
* Each person may run their own E-Mail server. In this way, all e-mail
accounts a person has been given can be forwarded to one location, and
that individual will be responsible for managing the space. (This
prediction seems lame, but maybe... just maybe.) Linux already does this.
Bruce Tong
Systems Programmer
Electronic Vision / FITNE
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http://www.ev.net/fitne
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