"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> __/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Wednesday 31 January 2007 21:24 \__
>
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:4603469.DF4CSyFa4H@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Vistas Debut: So-so
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | "The end result will be the continued absence of any real consumer
>>> | choice, years of waiting for Microsoft to improve--or even
>>> | debug--its monopoly products and of course high prices," said
>>> | Thomas Vinje, lawyer for ECIS, in the statement.
>>> |
>>> | I can?t say I really disagree with them. While it?s good to have
>>> | a "universal operating system," it is not good for it to
>>> | ruthlessly crush competition and stomp out innovation. Speaking
>>> | of innovation - check out this totally cool Linux desktop! No
>>> | wonder Microsoft is concerned...
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070131/25624_id.html?.v=2
>>>
>>> He seems to have linked to the wrong video, but regardless...
>>
>> Can anyone provide examples some of the progress Linux has made
>> recently? I think such a list of examples would be a very effective form
>> of
>> advocacy.
>
> I'll try, off the top of my head...
>
>
> * Oracle and Microsoft (S/W #1 and #2) validate Linux as a threat
>
> * Governments are migrating to Linux (e.g. France, Indian states)
>
Right, I meant technical progress. I had assumed that was what you were
referring to in your headline.
> * XGL/AiGLX (desktop effects), so the eye candy factor is covered
This one I knew about already, but it's worth mentioning in the list,
yes.
>
> * Decent hardware requirements -- something that can't be said about Mac
> OS X
> and Vista
>
> * SCO is no longer worth mentioning
>
> * Developers favour Linux, according to studies
>
> * IBM announced some triple-digit inter-year growth for Linux
>
> * Many more, I'm sure, but there's clearly plenty of good news... truly a
> flood
>
> * IBM and Google (S/W #3 and #4) see profit rise/soar, with the use of
> Linux
> primarily at the back end (making some legacy desktop S/W obsolete)
I was thinking more along the lines of "Beagle", "Amarok", "Evolution",
etc. Technical, rather than socio-political progress.
- Oliver
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