I recently made a post about windows 10 located here: https://steemit.com/windows/@ungratefulchump/windows-10-the-good-the-bad-and-the-os
I believe that with Window's latest change to a cloud based OS it could drive the market toward linux for a solution. Anyone can make a distribution of linux and currently the distributions are no where near the enterprise functionality of windows. Windows and office combined put people who work in an enterprise environment in a headlock. They are urged to update to windows 10, but find lack of privacy protection and a strong discomfort in being forced to Windows. An upgrade needs to happen when a business feels it is right for them, if they are forced to move things and suffer consequences because of it they are not accepting those consequences, instead it is windows forcing those consequences upon the company. This is tolerable for a while but I do believe if a company is forced from their old ways and force to new standards constantly they might value other options differently.
This is where I believe Linux comes in. Mac OS X has proved that it is not enterprise material. Mac OS X is based around the user experience, which is great for the user, but hard on a company trying to manage thousands of people. I believe that Microsoft is pushing companies and I believe if they continue they will force companies's hands to find better alternatives. Right now the thing I believe is holding companies back is that office is not built for Linux. Excel, access, Visual basics, word, publisher, Microsoft domains, etc are not built on a linux system. This creates a huge gap that linux needs to bridge in order to allow enterprises to flood over and give Microsoft a good hard look in the mirror when it comes to revoking user's rights.
We need better distributions of Linux such as Red Hat that can allow enterprises to easily switch over. Not only will it reduce costs for a company, it will allow user's a competitive market to drive demand away from only 2 choices.
