Top ten IT rivals: Linux stand-alone Win Google vs everyone

As the saying goes, "the waves of the Yangtze river go forward, and the waves die on the beach." We can see that IT predecessors are getting old, some are in the middle of the rich age, and some are the younger generation of FengHua zhengmao, in this changing IT world, there are some things that are always tit for tat. Jack Wallen, the original author of this article, has organized 10 IT wars that have lasted for decades. I wonder if you have read this article and have the same feeling.

1. Linux vs. Windows

Confrontation level:★★★★★

The battle slogan of both parties: Linux "Freedom !", Windows "market share is the final say !".



The world's Linux grew rapidly in the late 1990s S, and various Linux communities grew wildly. Various Linux distributions were overwhelming and dazzling. During this period, Linux also gave birth to several famous Linux manufacturers, such as Red Hat and SUSE. Linux includes server and desktop versions. Recently, it also comes with the advent of netbooks, such as Ubuntu Remix and Chrome to be released by Google next year. In the Server field, among the latest top 500 super computers, Linux occupies a majority of the seats.

There is a strong open-source community and product support behind Linux, and it is destined to become a shining new star from the day of its birth. With its ease-of-use and current market monopoly, Windows has always been the dominant player in the desktop field. However, we have seen that the gradually emerging Linux has a place. Especially recently, Windows and Linux have begun to combat performance and other aspects.

In general, the war does not seem to disappear in a short time.

2. Mac vs. PC

Confrontation level:★★★★☆

"My Mac, I like it !", PC "too common !"

If you want to ask why so many wars involve Windows, I believe everyone will answer this question. The market share has the final say!



Mac is not just as simple as the operating system. The focus of this war is aesthetics. For Mac enthusiasts, they have long considered Mac a work of art, not just for work. They can also take a nap in the cafe. However, for Mac-annoying users, Mac is nothing more than a high price and insufficient motivation. This also caused Mac to give people the impression that it is an aristocratic product, at least it is still flying into ordinary homes.

Some advocates say that every product of apple is an excellent product, giving people a classic feeling that they have never been bored for a long time. However, PCs usually focus on performance. Why are there so many Apple fans?
3. Cloud computing vs. local computing

Confrontation level:★★★☆

The battle slogan of both parties: cloud computing "Single Point management !", Local computing "single point of failure !"



For those who like IT news, cloud computing is no longer news. For most people, cloud computing seems to be a thin client after repackaging-I believe that people who entered the IT industry in the 1990s s still have some knowledge of the term thin client-but I'm impressed with the concept of thin clients. is not well received, so for this part, we are worried that cloud computing is on the old path of thin clients. However, for managers of large enterprises, cloud computing is a good news to find a way to save money and equipment, this battle is most likely between IT professionals, senior managers, or hardware manufacturers.

At present, basic cloud computing operating systems have been released. companies like Google that support cloud computing are also building cloud computing centers with great fanfare. Maybe one day everyone has migrated to the cloud, hardware manufacturers may have a severe blow, at least forcing them to change their existing product routes and marketing strategies.

4. GNOME vs. KDE

Confrontation level:★★★☆

Battle slogan: Gnome "KDE 4 looks like Windows !", KDE "You are right. KDE 4 looks like Windows !"

If you are still familiar with Linux, you must know that the Gnome and KDE Linux desktop applications have been on the shelf for a long time. At present, this is the most intense time of communication, and each has its own supporter camp: Gnome users hate KDE and KDE users hate Gnome.

Gnome users insist on the fact that "KDE Toolkit (QT) is proprietary". Currently, GT has been released using LGPL, so this statement is no longer true, gnome uses a large number of C languages, while KDE uses C ++. These two languages have their own advantages and disadvantages. In the end, all of them are judged by their appearance and usage.

5. Google vs. Anyone else

Confrontation level:★★★☆

The battle slogan of both sides: Google "We will win the World !", Other people outside of Google "Let's Google it, oh, wait, when I didn't say it !"

One interesting thing about this war is that anti-Google usually cannot find a reasonable reason to attack Google. Google has now become a verb. For webmasters, they love and hate Google. On the one hand, they want to see their site Google ranking rise, and on the other hand, they want the rankings of other similar sites to decline. Google is the coolest search engine on the planet, with the highest market share, so they need a high ranking. But at the same time, there are also a lot of scolds that scold Google for being vulgar and evil.

Every time I use Chrome to search for "why do I hate Google", the current tab will always crash. Maybe it doesn't want me to search for why do I hate Google, if you have installed Chrome, you can try searching "why hate google" to see if it will actually crash. If it is really interesting, we have to be surprised that, not only does Google not satisfy the browser, but the release of the operating system Chrome OS may also be a storm of blood.

6. Firefox vs. IE vs. Chrome

Confrontation level:★★★☆

The battle slogan of both parties: Firefox "we are real innovators !", IE "Resistance is useless !", Chrome "we are the future of the browser !"

In the legendary browser war, you must know that someone will laugh at you when I mentioned this in the 1990s s of the world. People don't care where Firefox comes from. Which browser is good, most people are surprised to see the webpage content after entering a little text, but it is a thing of the past. Today, we have seen several well-known browsers, such as IE, Firefox, Safari, opera and Chrome are playing well. IE was a minor developer after Netscape and soon killed Netscape. But it seems inappropriate to discuss who is the next Netscape, you need to know that these browsers have a large number of advocates. The competition for browsers is probably based on your attention to the future of the Internet. What are the specific capabilities of these browsers?

7. social networking websites vs. managers

Confrontation level:★★★

"I have 500 friends! Haha ", Manager" you are fired! Hey"

It is undeniable that social networking websites are a huge object. If you are not a monster, you must have your own blog and album. But most managers want to avoid modern communication tools, in their eyes, social networking sites are purely time-wasting machines, but on the other hand, they also want to advertise on social networking sites, but users who hate social networking sites think the money is not worth it, the value of Facebook, a famous social networking website, has been embodied, but does it produce value when used in the workplace? This is the focus of the war. Do people use browsers to open social networking websites at work bring benefits to the company?

8. vi vs. emacs

Confrontation level:★★★

The battle slogans of both parties: curious that their slogans are consistent, "Regular Expressions are too complex and hard to understand !"

Vi and emacs are both old-fashioned text editors, and they have many advocates. I remember a long time ago when I attended a LUG (Linux User Group) meeting, vi and emacs's supporter camp held a grand debate. I used Pico, so they were despised by the two groups. I can't really judge who these two tools are useful. To be honest, for me personally, I have been using Pico (now I have changed my name to Nano ), I think both vi and emacs are very common. I believe that the people in these two camps have been angry and wide-eyed. In fact, they both work very well, when you are familiar with them, you feel that it doesn't matter who you actually use. The focus of the war is that the tool is easier to use.

9. P2P file sharing vs. Effective Consumer Rights Protection

Confrontation level:★★★

The battle slogan of both parties: P2P file sharing advocates "reject friendship !", The anti-Party "RIAA will sue you for asking you to pay a huge amount of dollars for downloading !"

This battle often happens between end users and ISPs, commercial companies, and the recording industry. It seems that P2P represents a negative name. Undoubtedly, most resources shared by P2P involve DRM Content Protection, these contents are bought at a cost, but many users can use P2P clients to download valid files, such as downloading ISO files for Linux releases, which can be stored in any corner of the world, you only need a torrent seed file to share the file. However, this is unfair to those real artists. If they can find a way to compromise, both parties can take a step back and the artists can get the reward they deserve, but who knows how to pay and how much? I don't know.

10. Administrator vs. End User

Confrontation level:★★★

"My computer cannot work !", Administrator "I really don't have time !"

The relationship between administrators and end users is like the relationship between teachers and students. However, all of them are for work purpose. administrators must provide technical support to end users, however, most administrators do not want to change "support" to "take care". Some may not know how to click the mouse, and some may have viruses on their computers, so they cannot complete their work, all these require the help of the Administrator, who becomes a real fireman.

Postscript

These 10 wars have lasted for decades (at least most of them). What battles have you fought? I think there should be more than one or two! Tell me where you are in these battles?