__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 04 May 2007 17:51 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Time to lap up Linux
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The game's not over yet, but new rules are in place. Linux is
>>| ready, the hardware is ready -- and, if the market is ready, the results
>>| will be spectacular. Drivers, start your laptops.
>> `----
>>
>> http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002208,39286937,00.htm?r=2
>
> Hmm, I didn't expect Zed Dee Net to get to this point quite so quickly,
> as it doesn't seem all that long ago they were 100% in the Microsoft
> camp. Bandwagons are amazing when they really start up, aren't they?
They are indeed, which is why this was somewhat shocking. "ZDNet" is in the
subject line for a reason. It adds dramatric value. :-)
...As in, Bill Gates uses Ubuntu Linux on his laptop.
Have a look at the comment I posted just minutes ago:
http://digg.com/software/CNET_thinks_that_Windows_Vista_is_better_than_Mac_OS_X#c6522005
COLA's repository of information goes further. ;-)
>> How important is Dell's Linux desktop deal?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Borrowing a page from open-source guru Eric Raymond's speech in
>>| 2006 about the Linux desktop, Selby added, "Additionally, a
>>| barrier to Linux desktop adoption has been getting the thing
>>| installed and all the hardware to work. People don't want to
>>| futz around with drivers and wrappers; they want to shred
>>| tracks, play tunes and videos, and surf the Web. Ubuntu, more
>>| than any other free distro to date, makes this possible."
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4736610029.html
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