Re: RealThinClient SDK for Linux


"Tony Caduto" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For me it wouldn't (the IDE) even have to run on the other platforms,
though that would be nice. if Delphi could cross compile for the other
platforms that would be a huge pluse, then later on they could get the IDE
running on Mac and Linux.

I wonder If this article could start a stampede to Linux/Mac/Solaris/BSD
Code base of Microsoft's operating system is too large to make meaningful
improvements, warn analystsFriday, 11th April 2008

The Windows operating system (OS) is collapsing under the weight of its own
complexity, two analysts from IT advisory Gartner warned this week.

The OS has grown so large that introducing significant improvements is
proving too complex even for its creators, said Michael Silver and Neil
MacDonald yesterday, speaking at the Gartner IT/Expo and Symposium in Las
Vegas.

That explains why the latest incarnation of the OS, Windows Vista, produced
only incremental benefits, whereas previous releases such as Windows XP had
delivered significant functionality improvement. It also explains why
adoption of Vista has so far been underwhelming.

"Most users do not understand the benefits of Windows Vista or do not see
Vista as being better enough than Windows XP to make incurring the cost and
pain of migration worthwhile," said Silver and MacDonald.

As businesses make increasing use of virtualisation - greatly increasing the
OS instances across the IT infrastructure - they will be looking for
lightweight and flexible operating systems, not bloated and immobile
systems, the analysts said.

"For Microsoft, its ecosystem and its customers, the situation is
untenable," Silver and MacDonald concluded. "Windows as we know it must be
replaced."



Further reading

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organisations to make some strategy choices.

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