> The writing was on the wall once Linux was a thing.
Linux didn't "win" nearly as much as x86 did by becoming "good enough" - Linux just happened to be around to capitalize on that victory.
The writing on the wall was the decreasing prices and increasing capability of consumer-grade hardware. Then real game-changer followed: horizontal scalability.
Linux didn't "win" nearly as much as x86 did by becoming "good enough" - Linux just happened to be around to capitalize on that victory.
The writing on the wall was the decreasing prices and increasing capability of consumer-grade hardware. Then real game-changer followed: horizontal scalability.