07.01.22
Gemini version available ♊︎Microsoft Windows is a ‘Burning Platform’ (Both on the Server Side and the Client Side)
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Windows Era Ending
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Summary: ‘Burning platform’ is a derogatory term from Microsoft’s Elop; ironically, today’s ‘burning platform’ is actually Windows, even if the corporate media isn’t talking about that
THE Web is not growing. It’s becoming more monopolised, i.e. denser in some sense. This latest report from Netcraft, published about 24 hours ago, says: “In the June 2022 survey we received responses from 1,146,976,964 sites across 273,010,403 unique domains and 12,224,786 web-facing computers. This reflects a loss of 8.75 million sites and 583,000 domains, but a gain of 155,000 computers.”
Notice the huge loss of sites and domains. People and businesses throwing in the towel on the Web? Recognising they don’t get much out of it anymore?
“The goal should be software freedom, i.e. people controlling their computing. Not every Linux-based operating system (such as Android) allows this to happen.”More computers does not mean growth; it may mean more centralisation and bloat (a lot of sites are very, very bloated).
But this is not what the above video is about. The video shows that in just a few years Windows was decimated to almost nothing in the Web. In fact, during the COVID-19 lock-downs many escaped the claws of Microsoft and moved to something more decent. Similarly, in recent years many on the client side have moved away from Windows, judging by clients that access the Web. We’ve been showing this for years and we’ll show a lot more on that in days to come (July’s preliminary data, extrapolated a bit). Consider the case of Turkey, where Windows market share is down to single digit — percentile — on the client side (it’s happening globally also, Windows is measured at less than 30% of the market share worldwide).
The video above explains that getting rid of Windows is only part of a long journey. The goal should be software freedom, i.e. people controlling their computing. Not every Linux-based operating system (such as Android) allows this to happen. █
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