A cikin duniyar kwamfuta, 'yan adawa kaɗan ne suka haifar da hankali da cece-kuce kamar wanda ya daɗe shekaru da yawa. Linux da WindowsNisa daga zama sabani na fasaha mai sauƙi, hamayyar da ke tsakanin waɗannan ƴan gwanayen biyu tana da alaƙa da bambance-bambancen tsari, falsafa, da dabarun kasuwa waɗanda suka bar alamarsu a masana'antar fasaha ta yau.
A karshen karnin da ya gabata, Microsoft ya mamaye bangaren software da karfen karfe, godiya ga tsarin irin su Windows 95 da Windows 98Koyaya, abokin hamayyar da ba a zata ya fara fitowa ba: Linux, tsarin aiki na bude tushen da aka haifa a cikin 1991 wanda nan da nan ya ja hankalin ba kawai na masu sha'awa da masu haɓakawa ba, har ma na kamfanoni da ƙungiyoyin jama'a.
Dukansu tsarin suna wakiltar hangen nesa masu adawa: a gefe guda, da rufaffiyar kuma samfurin mallaka Microsoft, a gefe guda, yana yin fare akan software kyauta da haÉ—in gwiwa wanda ke nuna yanayin yanayin Linux. Wannan karo na tunani ya wuce na fasaha, kuma shine asalin É—ayan mafi tsananin tashin hankali a tarihin software.
Tsoron Microsoft na haɓakar Linux
Ci gaban Linux a ƙarshen 90s Microsoft ya gani a matsayin barazana ta gaske. Manyan kamfanoni kamar IBM, Oracle ko HP ya fara nuna sha'awar tsarin Penguin, yana amfani da damar da ya dace da kuma tanadi akan lasisi. Kamar yadda yake a software kyauta, kowane mai amfani ko kamfani zai iya yin nazari, gyara da sake rarraba lambar, yana yin tambaya game da ikon Microsoft akan tsarin tebur da, musamman, kasuwar uwar garke.
Ƙarfin Linux ba fasaha kawai ba ne. Buɗe samfurinsa yana nufin a kalubalen akida kai tsaye Samfurin kasuwanci na Microsoft. Ƙungiyoyin masu haɓakawa, tare da kamfanoni da gwamnatocin jama'a, sun fara zaɓar zaɓi na kyauta, suna ƙalubalantar girman Windows.
Takardun 'Halloween': An Bayyana Damuwa
Rikicin ya kai ga shaharar jama'a tare da bayyanar shahararrun Takardun Halloween. Takaddun bayanai ne na cikin gida na Microsoft, wanda aka leka tsakanin 1998 zuwa 2004, wanda ke bayyana damuwar kamfanin Redmond game da haɓakar software na kyauta, musamman Linux. Waɗannan rubutun sun yarda a fili cewa madadin kyauta na iya dacewa ko zarce software na kasuwanci cikin inganci kuma suna wakiltar barazana kai tsaye ga kudaden shiga na kamfanin.
Takardun farko, wanda aka rubuta Vinod Valloppillil da kuma bayyana jama'a ta Eric S Raymond, ya nuna yadda Microsoft ke binciko yuwuwar tinkarar Linux ta hanyar dabaru da canje-canjen lasisi. Bayan yabo, Microsoft management dole ne ya yarda sahihancin rubutun kuma an nuna cewa yakin ba kawai na fasaha ba ne, har ma da dabarun da ke da alaka da watsa labarai.
Dabarun tsoro, rashin tabbas da shakka
A ƙoƙarin dakatar da ci gaban Linux, Microsoft ya yi amfani da dabarar da aka sani da FUD (Tsoro, Rashin tabbas da Shakku)Ta hanyar yaƙin neman zaɓe na sadarwa, sanarwar manema labarai, da ayyukan doka, kamfanin ya nemi shuka shakku game da dogaro, tsaro, da halaccin software na kyauta. Saƙonnin a bayyane suke: Linux yana da rikitarwa, ba shi da tsaro, ko yana iya keta haƙƙin mallaka, don haka faɗakar da kamfanoni da masu amfani da su. kasada da ake zargi don ƙaura zuwa wuraren da ba na mallaka ba.
A cikin layi daya, lokuta irin su na Kungiyar SCO, wanda ya kai IBM kotu saboda zargin cin zarafi na mallakar fasaha da ke da alaƙa da Linux. Ko da yake ba a taɓa tabbatar da waɗannan laifukan ba kuma ƙarar ta ƙare a banza, kafofin watsa labaru sun taimaka wajen haifar da shakku game da halaccin tsarin penguin. An kuma ware Microsoft a matsayin mai yiwuwa mai ba da kuɗi kai tsaye daga cikin wadannan rigingimu, da karfafa jin cewa an yi yakin ne a kotuna.
Juyin da ba zato ba tsammani: daga abokan hamayya zuwa masu haÉ—in gwiwa
A cikin shekaru, yanayin ya canza. Linux sun yi tsayayya da hare-haren kuma ya ci gaba da girma a duniyar sabobin, supercomputers, da tsarin da aka saka. Kamfanoni kamar Red Hat, Canonical, da SUSE sun haɓaka yanayin yanayin Linux a cikin ɓangaren kasuwancin, yayin da al'ummar masu amfani da masu haɓakawa suka ci gaba da haɓaka a duk duniya.
Karkashin jagorancin Satya Nadella, Microsoft ya canza matsayinsa sosai: ya tafi daga ganin Linux a matsayin abokan gaba zuwa haÉ—a shi cikin mahimman samfuran kamar su. Azure An riga an haÉ—a kai sosai kan ayyukan buÉ—aÉ—É—en tushe, kamar Visual Studio Code ko Tsarin Windows na Linux (WSL). Wannan sabon dabarun yana nuna daidaitawa zuwa zamani, inda buÉ—aÉ—É—en tushe ba kawai barazana ba ne, amma ci gaba da damar kasuwanci.
Kodayake tashin hankali na farko ya sami sauƙi kuma masana'antar ta ci gajiyar haɗin gwiwa tsakanin duniyoyin biyu, tarihin hamayya tsakanin Linux da Windows yana da mahimmanci wajen canza ra'ayin software na kyauta da kuma nuna yadda gasa za ta iya haifar da sabbin fasahohi. A yau, tsare-tsaren biyu suna rayuwa tare kuma suna wadatar juna, ko da yake har yanzu sautin yakin na ci gaba da tada jijiyoyin wuya a fannin.
