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by wjnc 1351 days ago
“20xx - Year of the Linux desktop”
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cm2187 1351 days ago
2xxx
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zimpenfish 1351 days ago
/1999|2\d{3}/ - "Dirk Hohndel, who was then the chief Linux and open-source technologist at Intel, predicted that in 1999, Linux would penetrate the PC desktop market and displace Windows."[1]

[1] https://www.howtogeek.com/676963/why-desktop-linux-still-mat...

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xattt 1351 days ago
People in 1999 could not imagine Android devices.
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u801e 1351 days ago
Hopefully sometime before 2038.
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Ygg2 1351 days ago
That's too optimistic :P
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froggertoaster 1351 days ago
That's a good one!
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