PCs will die with Windows. The younger generations already don’t use PCs. The tech industry could fill the void with thin clients for office use…
This has been Google’s angle for years. They’ve been pushing chromium browser apps. Who really uses Windows anymore. It’s just layer that gets users to a browser. Browsers are cross platform. Windows is already kind of obsolete.
Eh some other company will buy it. Windows is still one of Microsoft’s main money maker. Also what company would want to miss on the sweet sweet data Windows is collecting, that alone is worth tens of billions.
Yeah the way I see it either
A) Someone buys it although it probably will lose user share maybe it becomes a corporate OS
B) A bunch of proprietary Linux distros / forks crop up
C) MacOS
There is civil infrasructure still running Windows 3.1, unfortunately.
Windows will continue to exist for a long time after any fall. And once it finally becomes impractical to remain on that platform, most users will go to MacOS and most businesses will go to Linux. And a lot of Windows software will run in emulation on both platforms for the foreseeable future.
Not a fan of it, but what if the older versions still needed by some places get reverse engineered by AI and upgraded to be up to date? For some things you don’t need the latest, you just need what has worked for years. Just need to keep it air gaped from the internet, but that could be patched.
Genuinely I’m curious what will happen if that’s the case and windows just ceases to exist
The company will be deemed too big to fail and will get a big bailout from the US government.
handed to larry ellison for pennies-on-the-dollar in exchange for another subscribe-and-save gift order of presidential diapers.
PCs will die with Windows. The younger generations already don’t use PCs. The tech industry could fill the void with thin clients for office use…
This has been Google’s angle for years. They’ve been pushing chromium browser apps. Who really uses Windows anymore. It’s just layer that gets users to a browser. Browsers are cross platform. Windows is already kind of obsolete.
Broadcom will buy it. Technologies go to Broadcom to die…
And then will come The Age of Linux!
Well, it used to be Computer Associates where products went to die…
So I guess that means there has been progress… Maybe???
People will use ‘AI’ to vibecode their own OS. Some will even sell them. Thousands of similar ‘Microsoft Lite’ companies will pop up. Most will fail.
Eh some other company will buy it. Windows is still one of Microsoft’s main money maker. Also what company would want to miss on the sweet sweet data Windows is collecting, that alone is worth tens of billions.
Yeah the way I see it either A) Someone buys it although it probably will lose user share maybe it becomes a corporate OS B) A bunch of proprietary Linux distros / forks crop up C) MacOS
There is civil infrasructure still running Windows 3.1, unfortunately.
Windows will continue to exist for a long time after any fall. And once it finally becomes impractical to remain on that platform, most users will go to MacOS and most businesses will go to Linux. And a lot of Windows software will run in emulation on both platforms for the foreseeable future.
Not a fan of it, but what if the older versions still needed by some places get reverse engineered by AI and upgraded to be up to date? For some things you don’t need the latest, you just need what has worked for years. Just need to keep it air gaped from the internet, but that could be patched.
Old stuff shouldn’t be changed. As long as it’s offline and it’s reliable, it will keep chugging.
The only problem is when it doesn’t, parts replacement gets much more difficult.
Using AI would be antithetical to patching old software. That said, there are groups keeeping older OSes secure with fan patches.
The ghost of Steve Jobs would be laughing his ass off…