Not sure what you mean by that?
In short, 32bit linux has a Y2K type bug in it:
Now Linux does use unix time (as does OSX) so this can effect systems using 32bit linux/unix kernels in 2038.
But since thats a bit of a ways off and most systems will probably go 64bit at that time (regardless of technology) the same thing will happen to Linux/OSX as it did to computers using windowsx:
Nothing
Actually, when Opera dropped the ball was a number of years ago, when it became free.
Not really, as it was a wise move to do at the time.
After all opera was competing with IE which was default and free and the upcomming firefox was also free.
So for a marketing standpoint not charging for the browser was the right idea.
Its putting advertisements in the browser that i think what still haunts opera till this day, if they never put adverts in we may still see opera as a mainstay.
Also lack of marketing, Firefox made itself known as did chrome
What loyalty that I have to the browser is not based on it's ranking in terms of performance, but on both my trust for it's security and being accustomed to it's layout and design. I doubt that my trust in it's security will last, at least in version 12, which I'm still using, but I'm not one that like changes that require relearning...as you may have gleaned about me by now.
Yeah I gathered, but if you were not willing to learn you would not be here.
I share your feelings about 8 and 8.1, but I think that for some reasons that I can't fathom, that MS decided to design it primarily as a mobile system, and I believe when they realize that it was a mistake, that they will do as they have in the past with their failures, release a new version that regains popularity, as they did with Windows 7.
Its hard to tell, I mean windows 8.1 for me shows signs that Microsoft may be past the point of no return in terms of development.
I mean they had a year, an entire year to improve windows and what did they do?
Scotch tape on a start button and call it a day.
Sorry but no, one year is more then enough time to get your act together, if linux can do it so can windows.
And yeah I have seen linux develop more in the course of one year then windows, hell I am willing to bank my almost 10 years on linux on all the years windows has been around.
Sure the changes on linux can be small and incremental, heck this last year little has changed about linux in terms of UI.
But heres the thing, it doesnt need it, its already got plenty of development on its interfaces but if you really want a good example of how good linux can become in one year I will point at linux Mint as my exhibit A:
You see about two years linux wise there was a change in one of the UI's in linux, Gnomeended its classic (2x) branch and became Gnome 3...,
and no one was happy, it was a major thing on many distros and there was a lot of arguing going one.
But one stood out trying to make best of what it had, Linux mint took the Gnome 3 interface and started to make it its own.
And so came cinnemon, a windows like UI anyone can use (as opposed to gnome shells not even OSX design) and wqhile it had a bumpy ride in its first year it achieved more stability and reliability then its counterparet.
And within its second year it shook off gnomes code, became its owqn thing and now stands out as a symbol of what determination can get you.
Really I like cinnamon, I like it just as much as I do KDE (which also made more progress in one yeear then windows but thats another story)