Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 29 October 2007 14:39 : \____
>
>> This is the crux of the "tipping point" argument, and is why
>> tipping point occurs so far before the major adoption curve.
>
> Exactly. I've recently convinced my one of colleagues that Linux is inevitable
> in the sense that _at the end_ everyone will use it anyway, so why not start
> now? (some say that Linux usage doubled in the past year, for example).
That's it! Tipping point!
>
> It was then that he decided to move to Linux, one step at a time. From being a
> Microsoft fan he has turned to one who does all his programming (for now) in
> PHP/MySQL. So far, so good. He'll have his software used in the Hospital soon,
> so he's excited (FOSS in the NHS can make one sneeze).
>
Good man! I hope this continues to go well. I think that once people
have a chance to get used to the personal freedom open-source brings,
few go back to the proprietary models with the same degree of acceptance
that they had before.
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