__/ [ BearItAll ] on Thursday 04 January 2007 11:27 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Marketing of Open Source by the End User
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>> | Six months ago, I as a non-geek, changed my Mac for an open source
>> | system and I am very satisfied with it. What surprises me actually is
>> | that still so few people use a fully open source operating system, so
>> | I did some research to find what prevents people from doing that.
>> `----
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>> http://technology.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/03/0323252
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> There isn't a need to convert Mac to Linux any more, mac are doing a vm
> that allows linux. The ad said that it didn't need a reboot, just a key
> combination to switch between them, so I suspect that it is a OpenVZ type.
>
> I was told there will be a major Mac announcement at the end of this month
> to do with new products.
iPhone, Schmidt in Apple's board, YouTube, Google phone that was promised...
all come to mind... also television. The only victim is likely to be that
other monopoly... Apple has become a monopoly in one area (media) while
Google is in another (search)...
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