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____/ bbgruff on Monday 21 July 2008 19:25 : \____
> Sinister Midget wrote:
>
>> On 2008-07-21, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>
>>> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 21 July 2008 15:02 : \____
>>
>>>> "So show figures from market watcher IDC. In Q2 2007, Asus' share of the
>>>> PC market was a mere 2.8 per cent. One year on, that figure had risen to
>>>> six per cent."
>>>>
>>>> "Its shipments rocketed from 497,000 units to 1.315m."
>>>
>>> They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux integrated in
>>> the coming year, IIRC. And no... Windows fans cannot delete Linux. It's
>>> there as 'part of the hardware'. :-)
>>
>> Winders has been dead for a number of years. It even smells dead. Also
>> been that way for a number of years.
>>
>> Windummies, and the leech press that makes their money off of keeping
>> the mirage alive, may not have noticed before now. But they're seeing
>> more and more that it's undeniable.
>>
>> That has a lot to do with why Doofie and his ilk have gone from sitting
>> on the edge of sanity to full-blown cuckoo.
>
> You've noticed the change over the past few months?
>
> Don't worry about it - it will all change again.
>
> I could almost write their lines for them (in the not-too-distant future):-
>
> flatty: "I don't know what you mean - I was always a strong advocate of
> Linux, and PClinuxOS in particular. Check it out in google!"
>
> DFS: "I don't know what you mean - the only thing that I ever did was to try
> to curb the more-extreme Linux zealots. I've been using Linux for years.
>
> Quirky: I was always a Linux advocate, ever since my days at CERN and IBM,
> and as befits a kernel hacker and FOSS developer.
>
> TAB: I have loved Linux ever since I helped a law firm to convert to it. I
> have only ever ranted about the unhelpful attitude of certain members of this
> group.
I can almost visualise it. 4 chaps with bottles of rum sitting around a fiery
barrel in the streets after Microsoft had given them the pink slip.
There's a clear rise in anti-Linux sites, so sit tight. Microsoft is getting
more aggressive as a function of anxiety (for itself and its ecosystem that
gradually slips away).
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~~ Best of wishes
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