[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/5/2024 2:53 AM, bill wrote:
> On 1/4/2024 10:09 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>> In article <un7ren$3s7nl$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 21:11:49 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have you noticed how the world has moved from Windows to Linux with
>>>> Wine?
>>>
>>> Yes. Look at the (Linux-based) Steam Deck, which has been making some
>>> inroads into the very core of Windows dominance, namely the PC gaming
>>> market. Enough to get Microsoft to take notice.
>>
>> That's not Linux with wine.  You can install Wine on the steam
>> deck, but their success has much more to do with their native
>> architecture.
>>
>>>> MS tried WSL1 and changed to to a VM model with WSL2.
>>>>
>>>> 2 x commercial failure.
>>>
>>> On the part of Windows, not on the part of Linux.
>>
>> 2024 will be the year of the Linux desktop.  I can feel it!
> 
> That's a weird thing to say.  I have been running Linux Desktops for
> over 20 years.

"the year of the Linux desktop" is a known phrase (meme)
eluding to the permanent expectation from some Linux users
that Linux will take over the desktop market.

Arne