Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 18 December 2007 16:03 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Survey Says ? Linux Desktop Is Ever More Popular
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| The first thing we can say about the Linux desktop in 2007 is that there
>>>| are more users than ever. The Linux Foundation 2006 survey had fewer than
>>>| 10,000 people signing in. This year more than 20,000 Linux desktop users
>>>| reported in.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2235654,00.asp
>>>
>>> Microsoft prefers surveys and polls where it can stack to fool everyone
>>> (done that before and got caught).
>>>
>>
>> Well, I didn't vote in either...
>
> The bulldog at Microsoft Watch is already attacking SJVN's piece (the one
> above). He probably realises that his days of of Windows journalism are
> numbered. I am aware of some Windows journalists who became Windows
> journalists recently. There's little public interest in articles about Linux,
> which a Microsoft-owned press is still trying to suppress (keeping it off the
> mainstream and the public eye).
>
Windows journalists, like the analysts, advertisers, magazine
publishers, OEMs, etc. etc. are all going to have to find a new way of
making a living. Considering that the foss model has much lower margins
than the Microsoft proprietary model had, there will be less cash coming
from the central dictatorship, however, there will be much more cash
generally awash. I think we can prepare ourselves to see some real
competitive journalism soon.
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