What will still be here in about 10 years.

[dragos240]

It's interesting to think about it. Will Linux, Windows, & apple still exist? What technologies will still exist? As people use the web more than the computer, cloud computing becomes more dominant. Other than this, who knows. And another question, will this forum still be active?

[RiceMonster]

All that's for sure is I will have successfully taken over the world by then. Just wait.

[dragos240]

I don't doubt it.

[starcannon]

It's interesting to think about it. Will Linux, Windows, & apple still exist? What technologies will still exist? As people use the web more than the computer, cloud computing becomes more dominant. Other than this, who knows. And another question, will this forum still be active?

Hard to say really, but my guess is the major players will still be here. MS seems to be struggling a little at the moment, but they have enough money to buy their way out of the vista debacle, and they seem to be making a few intelligent gestures; sure, ultimately at the behest of the EU, which could have been (the EU legal decisions) the best thing in the long run to happen to MS. Mac, well, there are always going to be people who are willing to pay a premium for the concept of having something that those with less resources can't have; so, yeah they will still be selling $700.00 hardware for $2500.00 ten years from now, so long as their niche market doesn't evaporate. Linux, probably it will still be kicking around too. The Linux community at this point is so large, I don't think it likely that it will just blow away; though I am excited to see how it (the OS, don't bother me with semantics), morphs and develops, I'm sure it will be quite exciting.

Nano tech should be developing quite nicely in 10 years, I wonder what that will mean for computing; that is something that causes the brain to go into imagination overload.

[RaZe42]

All that's for sure is I will have successfully taken over the world by then. Just wait.

Start by making all computers run
yes RiceMonster simultaneously :P

[RiceMonster]

Start by making all computers run
yes RiceMonster simultaneously :P

Don't reveal my plan!

[Tibuda]

"Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future."
http://agoravai.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/yoda4.jpg

[pricetech]

Considering the changes since I was a young pup, I'd say we simply can't dream of where technology will have taken us.

[Ric_NYC]

I hope questions like "how to install "this or that" in Linux" will disappear in 10 years.

[JDShu]

This forum will always be active in our hearts.

[dragos240]

I hope questions like "how to install "this or that" in Linux" will disappear in 10 years.

It should get easier.

[hoppipolla]

Windows has held fairly strong for the last 10 years... so it's logical to assume it will continue to have some degree of considerable presence over the NEXT 10 years... although I can see Google OS, open source being serious competitors, and Apple if they get more involved with the pc market or release a particularly accessible kind of Mac (the notion of a budget range springs to mind...)

I would say there is also a chance of another company of size surfacing in the market within that time as well, as in this internet age you can never rule it out!

As for Ubuntu... I think so long as Mark Shuttleworth remains passionate about it and the company holds together financially and in direction, and open source is always progressing fast enough to support it, I think it should still be around. But there is a good chance they will face their own new competition at the top of the open source world as well! :)

[nubimax]

Hopping I will be here to shake my cane at all you young'ns.
M.

[Chronon]

Hopping I will be here to shake my cane at all you young'ns.
M.

"Get off my LAN, you damn kids!!!"

:lolflag:

[Exodist]

It's interesting to think about it. Will Linux, Windows, & apple still exist? What technologies will still exist? As people use the web more than the computer, cloud computing becomes more dominant. Other than this, who knows. And another question, will this forum still be active?
IMHO same as the previous 10 yeara go. Lin, Win and Fruit boyz..

[chucky chuckaluck]

All that's for sure is I will have successfully taken over the world by then. Just wait.

only if i leave you in charge.

[ElSlunko]

Nothing but zombies. Or robots.

[capnthommo]

well flying cars, personal jetpacks, holidays on the moon and undersea cities. that's what they said would happen by the year 2k, back in the 50/60s. i am STILL waiting [sound of foot tapping impatiently.

if you can promise these things, ricemonster, then you can count on my vote.
cheers
capn t

[SomeGuyDude]

Well let's think.

MacOS was made in 1984, OSX hit in 2001.
Windows started in 1985.
Linux in 1991.

So that's, 25, 24, and 18 years respectively, all going strong. I'd imagine that in another 10 years they'll still be around.

[QIII]

Bio/Mechanical/Electronic MMIs neurally integrated and connected to an evil, central server operated by **** Cheney's proteges.

You will be assimilated, so you won't really care.

[praveesh]

Haiku?