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Chaos · 01-07-2005, 02:30 PM

How about... "relics of the past".

Seriously, while PDA/cellphones will be around in a while (unless people decide they do want separate devices), Windows may VERY WELL slip more and more into obscurity over the next few years... Windows is not a good operating system, and it is becoming worse and less secure with the years.

Windows XP is around FOUR YEARS OLD, and Longhorn is AT LEAST a year or two away, probably more, knowing Microsoft. OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is out later this year, Linux is advancing very fast, as are other Unix-like OSes, such as the BSDs.

So I doubt "Windows Mobile" will survive for much more than 5 or 7 years more, with any sort of power. At most.

01-07-2005, 02:30 PM	#6
Chaos Evangelist Posts: 418 Karma: 281 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Device: Assorted older devices	How about... "relics of the past". Seriously, while PDA/cellphones will be around in a while (unless people decide they do want separate devices), Windows may VERY WELL slip more and more into obscurity over the next few years... Windows is not a good operating system, and it is becoming worse and less secure with the years. Windows XP is around FOUR YEARS OLD, and Longhorn is AT LEAST a year or two away, probably more, knowing Microsoft. OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is out later this year, Linux is advancing very fast, as are other Unix-like OSes, such as the BSDs. So I doubt "Windows Mobile" will survive for much more than 5 or 7 years more, with any sort of power. At most.