____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 25 July 2007 13:44 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ John Locke on Tuesday 24 July 2007 17:19 : \____
>>
>>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:54:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>____/ John Locke on Tuesday 24 July 2007 16:51 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:18:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I think I converted my 14 year old brother?
>>>>>
>>>>>>| Anyway, he wanted Ubuntu Studio and I wasn?t going to stand in his way.
>>>>>>| I gave him the Ubuntu Studio CD (which doesn?t have a GUI installer
>>>>>>| like the vanilla Ubuntu) and stood back to watch my 14 year old brother
>>>>>>| install his first ever Linux Distro with no problems at all!
>>>>>>|
>>>>>>| I love presenting Ubuntu to people.. I?m working on converting my mate
>>>>>>| as I type!
>>>>> More people are learning about Linux and Linux desktop iinstallation is
>>>>> improving rapidly at the same time. Will there be a Vista implosion ?:
>>>>>
>>>>> ---- More Linux Users----> ! Vista! <-----Ease of Linux
>>>>> Install-----
>>>>>
>>>>> Could be..............
>>>>
>>>>Ease of installation aside, don't forget availability. Dell, Acer, Epson,
>>>>Lenovo...
>>>
>>> Good point. And HP also.
>>
>> The best is yet to come. H-P and Toshiba (even Lenovo) are not yet doing it
>> at the same level of capacity as Dell. There are many other shops that do
>> this, with another product/OEM joining with a model every coupla days. You
>> could probably say that 2007 was the year when Linux was made available on
>> the desktop from all major OEMs.
>>
>> As expected, hardware support (from the manufacturer's side) improves as a
>> result. Only 2 days ago, Dell /pressured/ ATI (AMD) to get its act together.
>>
>
> I suspect it doesn't take that much pressure; the chip manufacturers
> are just as dependent on computer sales as the computer manufacturers
> are. Since nobody (apart, perhaps, from some dinosaur CIO types) wants
> Vista, then Linux is the clear next step in getting some sales. Having
> open-source drivers is really pretty much essential to maintaining
> Linux's excellent record of stability, openness and resistance to
> attack.
Speaking of resistance, there is a lot of it working against Linux. AV software
vendors, hardware manufacturers, shops... Linux adoption could lead to a
recession, but one that benefits the environment (I was never a fan of waste
and reinvention off the wheel anyway). Code reuse also has an impact on the
programming profession. Yet..! People would share more code, so science as a
whole would move more quickly. There's too much isolation in industry despite
the high-speed and ubiquitous connectivity. What a loss. What a waste. We
could be decades ahead by now. Microsoft never helped, either.
--
~~ Best of wishes
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