People have been predicting for years that operating systems will become irrelevant in the future as most applications go towards being based in a web browser. Finally in 2007, we are starting to see the swing happen ever so slowly.
The french parliament have just announced they are switching to Ubuntu with Open Office.
In my eyes I guess a couple of key things have happened
1) Firefox has given Microsoft a real run for its money. Linux browsers are now just as good
2) Adobe has released Flash Player 9 on Linux.
3)Apple went Intel and VM products like Parallels let you run two os's concurrently.
3) Broadband is becoming more affordable by the day
4)Mobile broadband is becoming faster and more affordable
5)Finally some development companies are starting to make apps work well in browsers
I guess there are a few parts of the equation to go, like running apps offline in your browser. There are a few apps that work ok offline but most break.
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