[dba-Tech] PCs are here to stay

One major factoid in amongst all the hype about the ever expanding Tablet
and Smartphone market is the PC market is remaining absolutely stable.

Just because its popularity is dropping in comparison to other growing
products does not mean it sales are dropping; it is just that other products
sales are growing and more users are coming to the market. What is happening
is that PC sales are still in the millions.

With Windows basically abandoning the PC, by either demanding users move to
Windows 8 and by stopping the sales of Windows 7, it has left a big vacuum
in Operating Systems. Because of this Linux has seen remarkable growth in
adoption.

Today, I spoke with a fellow who had the pleasure and took the risk of
allowing Ubuntu Linux 12.4, on half his network. He now wants me to have a
talk with two more of his business friends about various Linux options,
maybe sometime next week. These sites may seem small but put together with
thousands of non-aligned techs through out the country the impact will be
substantial...

...And the truth is, once people step over into the Linux world, find it is
all they need, enjoy the price and the rock-solid stability, they are
unlikely to come back for anything less. Windows has done the Linux world a
wonderful service and they deserve a hardy thank you.

Jim