will the demise of Steve Jobs be beneficial to linux desktop?

[picturefreedom]

as you may have know by now, Steve Jobs is taking a leave due to health problems, so hypotheticaly if it comes to worst, will linux desktop indirectly benefit if he retires or if he passed away?

why? and why not?

[Dixon Bainbridge]

I can't believe you are even asking that question.

Also, enough of this windows v osx v linux marketshare crap. Its so boring its not even funny. I wish people spent more time just using what works best for them, instead of arguing a toss over which PWNZ0R the other and who is evil and who is not.

Steve Jobs is a sanctimonius, money grabbing, hypocritical businessmen, interested only in himslef, his business and expanding that business as far as possible. Ditto Steve Ballmer. Does that make them evil? No, it makes them business men. This is a capitalist world, thats how it works - by being greedy and doing whatever is possible to screw over the opposition. Why are linux users constantly surprised by this? Wake up.

Also, enough of the evangelising linux crap. People use whats best for them. Sometimes, its not linux. Get over it.

/rant over

[RiceMonster]

No it won't. Why does it matter anyway?

[gn2]

This is a capitalist world, ~

Not all of it.

[linuxisevolution]

I can't believe you are even asking that question.

Also, enough of this windows v osx v linux marketshare crap. Its so boring its not even funny. I wish people spent more time just using what works best for them, instead of arguing a toss over which PWNZ0R the other and who is evil and who is not.

Steve Jobs is a sanctimonius, money grabbing, hypocritical businessmen, interested only in himslef, his business and expanding that business as far as possible. Ditto Steve Ballmer. Does that make them evil? No, it makes them business men. This is a capitalist world, thats how it works - by being greedy and doing whatever is possible to screw over the opposition. Why are linux users constantly surprised by this? Wake up.

Also, enough of the evangelising linux crap. People use whats best for them. Sometimes, its not linux. Get over it.

/rant over

FINALLY! A Linux user that sees the light! I completely agree.

[Dixon Bainbridge]

Not all of it.

Maybe in your head, but in the real world, market forces dictate life, end of argument.

[RiceMonster]

FINALLY! A Linux user that sees the light! I completely agree.

I agree too. I hate this Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux, and how people think Linux should be (or is, for that matter) at war with the other operating systems. Same goes for people who make threads about how Linux users are apparently persecuted.

[Kernel Sanders]

Awful question to ask

[gn2]

Maybe in your head,~

No, not in my head, in Vietnam and other places.

If, as you claim, everything is controlled by market forces, how do you account for the emergence and success of free open source software?

[HavocXphere]

No effect.

But I'm sure there is a correlation (causation?) between the moon phase and the number of updates available for kde. /jk