Sadly, very true.
Whilst Linux has made massive inroads into the server space (and sits on every Android device every made), Linux will never get to the desktop in anything approaching large numbers.
Why? Because the vast majority of software developers code for Windows first, with MacOS a distant second.
The other big obstacles are closed-source, proprietary protocols used by business-scale applications like Active Directory / Exchange365 / Office365 / Azure. The interconnection of Microsoft's core applications and dependencies on things like .NET, C# and the Windows APIs means that writing a Linux Exchange client (for example) is pretty much doomed to failure because the underlying support libraries are not there.
Add to that the huge market for games. No developer is going to code for Windows and it's graphics capabilities and then duplicate that work for Linux. Add to that the underlying graphics drivers (Intel / NVidia / AMD) and the amount of work has skyrocketed.
Finally, the fragmented nature of the Linux world is against it. There are many different distributions with different package handling and different desktop environments.
Love it or loathe it, by controlling the desktop world, Microsoft has come to dominate the enterprise-class application / server world.
Cheers,
V
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Originally Posted by AdamJL
it'll never be the year of Linux
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