Windows Still Relevant?

With the emergence of smart phones as a computing platform, we can wonder if Windows is still relevant today. Indeed, Windows’ domination of the operating system market is challenged for the first time and Windows to Linux migration is easier than ever. Unless you wanna look good by paying a fortune for the last Windows version, Ubuntu 9.10 could be a very good alternative. If you switch to Ubuntu, you might even be able to shop and bank online in a secure way. Things look so bad that Google ignores Windows 7.

On my end, I don’t recommend Windows 7 for those who have XP because it doesn’t bring anything new. The list of Windows 7 innovations is just ridiculous as I have made fun of them. There just doesn’t seem to be real justification to buy Windows, unless you have made the mistake of upgrading from XP to Vista.

So to answer the initial question of whether Widows is still relevant, I would say that it does not look good for the guys in Redmond. Their cash cow is being challenged from many fronts and I just don’t see how they can get the resources to fight the desktop OS war especially when the browser OS seems to be the future.