Shuttleworth Is Right - Apple is Linux’s Main Competition
Posted by freesoftnews on Jul 24, 2008 in Apple, Linux • No comments
A lot of people view Windows as Linux’s main competition, largely because Microsoft has, by far, the majority of the market and is considered “the standard†by most people. Mark Shuttleworth and I disagree.
The Var Guy, and plenty of other people, are reporting that Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, said during his keynote at OSCON, that Linux must not just match but exceed Apple’s Mac OS X, strongly implying that Apple - not Microsoft - is Linux’s main competitor. I agree. Here is why: