____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 01 November 2007 16:06 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Doug Mentohl
> <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:13:04 +0000
> <fgcqdv$778$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> "I believe Linux will become the de-facto standard desktop operating
>> system. Though it'll take a while for many users to break free from ties
>> to Windows, there is good reason to believe that this day will come"
>>
>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202600158
>
> Dangerous thinking. See J. R. R. Tolkien's work _Lord
> of the Rings_ for an alternative that would be far more
> palatable (in a metaphorical realm, admittedly). Briefly,
> the general idea should be a cooperative ogliarchy, each
> capable of running both Windows (for legacy reasons;
> WinE can be used here) and Unix/POSIX software.
>
> We do not want to simply replace one with the other, simple
> as that might be. I happen to like FreeBSD (though it is
> more limited than Linux), and HURD might have a future;
> other operating systems such as AmigaOS, DomainOS, and
> OpenVMS might also want to compete in this space.
>
> And then there's MacOSX, which should ideally run on any
> hardware, or at least any hardware that can support its
> graphics requirements (which aren't that hefty nowadays).
>
FWIW, DisinformationWeek posted this only as a rebuttal to their own FUD. They
seek more attention and traffic, so they cite an editor/writer from a Linux
magazine. I'd avoid InformationWeek any chance I get. They are biased and
their site is filled with anti-Linux ads too.
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