Remote desktop vs. remote display

Remote desktop vs. remote display

Posted Feb 26, 2013 10:39 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Remote desktop vs. remote display by dlang
Parent article: LCA: The ways of Wayland

But--- We weren't first in the server space,

Yes, we were. Linux replaced UNIX in server space, not Windows. It's [relatively] easy to switch from UNIX to Linux and [relatively] hard to switch from UNIX to Windows. Microsoft has much, much, MUCH better success with server then Linux has with desktop.

in the embedded space

Yes, we were first there, too. Before Linux embedded space was filled with homebrew solutions thus when they outgrew that stage Linux was an easy choice. The fact that most embedded space developers know how to alter config files and most embedded space users only deal with creations which don't expose configs cinched the deal.

in the mobile space,

Linux only managed to carve out some niche in mobile space when bunch of companies threw all that "our way or the highway" attitude and offered integration with Windows, MacOS, etc.

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