billwg wrote:
> "Erik Funkenbusch" <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1f0mnbx80krst.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Third, He seems very surprised that Linux vendors at Linux conference were
> > running Linux. Like.... what?
> I went to the PDC last fall and I noticed that 100% of the laptops being
> carried around there were running Windows. Even the guys giving the talks
> were using Windows to illustrate their topics. My take is that linux is
> doomed.
Like the Internet?
Like Unix Servers?
Like Mainframes (linux on Z-Series)?
Like Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox?
Like OpenOffice?
Like OSS?
Like Macs?
Like Linux?
As Mark Twain said in a speech imediately after a newspaper had
reported his death,
"The reports of my demise - - - are highy - - exaggerated".
MOST of the new software being developed, is being developed in OSS.
Most of the third-party applications written exclusively for Windows
and sold in retail stores, are products to deal with major defects in
Windows including.
Poor security.
Spyware.
Spam
No real back-up strategy.
Financial/Tax software.
It speaks volumes that people don't trust on-line providers for these
products.
The rest are "multiplatform".
The image libraries - can be used on any platform.
The game programs - run on multiple platforms.
Linux on the other hand, has introduced about 1000 new third-party
applications in the last 2 years, many of which are available in
commercial forms, upgrades, or support contracts.
You can go back to sleep now bill, it's only a nightmere.
>:-)
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