"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
2147506.9gSF99VTll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 12/20/06 11:34 PM:
> Will 2007 be the year of Leopard, Linux or Vista?
>
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> | More interestingly, the Linux world itself is moving past the point
> | of adolescent growing pains to gain a confidence of its own. Whilst
> | much work has been focused on providing a stable secure platform (hence
> | it's rapid adoption rate in the server market), recent focus has been
> | on getting Linux onto the desktop. The introductions of rapidly
> | growing distributions like Ubuntu have seen dramatic but quite
> | adoption of Linux on the desktop in the last few years.
> |
> | Linux has mapped the improvements of Macintosh and Windows in a
> | limited manner. Though this year has seen a dramatic focus on the user
> | rather than the IT manager. Distributions of Linux are moving
> | out of the domain of the techie and increasingly becoming easier
> | for end users to install without help or detailed technical knowledge.
> |
> | More importantly though, Linux distributions will match the
> | glass-like look and feel of Vista and Macintosh with new
> | releases around the first quarter of 2007. At the same time,
> | the rate at which Linux is improving usability is likely to
> | outpace Microsoft and catch up with Apple.
> `----
>
> http://www.invbiznews.com/wordpress/will-2007-be-the-year-of-leopard-linux-or-
> vista/
Good to see a number of things:
* An acknowledgement that OS X is currently ahead in "usability" compared
to both Windows and Linux
* An understanding that Linux can and is improving in these areas
These are things I have been talking about... and some of the Linux folks
have been arguing against. Then again, some have openly admitted to these
things... so it is not as though I am the only one who saw it or was willing
to admit to it. Peter, Rick, and some others, though, have yet to admit to
seeing the light. They do more harm for Linux advocacy than good when they
lie to themselves and others.
--
? Nuclear arms are arms
? OS X's Command+Scroll wheel function does not exist in default XP
? Technical competence and intelligence are not the same thing
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