On Jun 17, 12:24 pm, AHappyCamper <@thelandfill.com> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > Linux
>
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | I have been a windows user from the start and I have fond memories of 3.1 and
> > | then 3.11 progressing through each new release until I find myself lumbered
> > | with Vista on my desktop PC.
> > |
> > | [...]
> > |
> > | In the future I predict that Linux will be King, long live the King.
> > `----
>
> >http://designfrog.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/linux/
>
> > With the exception of 'the desktop', Linux is doing great and it's already King
> > in several areas.
>
> > The Wanky World of Windows
>
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Lie #1: Nothing runs on Linux.
> > |
> > | Answer #1: All the programs I need run on Linux. Ubuntu even has
> > | a Add/Remove option in the Applications menu. This lists hundreds of
> > | available programs you can download and install for Ubuntu. There is also
> > | something called Synaptic Package Manager , where you can install thousands
> > | of things. Anyways, the more people that use Linux, the more applications
> > | will be available to Linux users.
> > |
> > | Lie #2: Linux is for gurus.
> > |
> > | Answer #2: Ubuntu is for human beings! I m not a guru, and I always use
> > | Linux.
> > `----
>
> >http://bobserge.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/the-wanky-world-of-windows/
>
> > Recent:
>
> > Linux still top embedded OS
>
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | In a new whitepaper on Linux in the embedded market, VDC researchers cite the
> > | following reasons for Linux's popularity:
> > |
> > | * Licensing cost advantages
> > | * Flexibility of source code access
> > | * General familiarity
> > | * Maturing ecosystem of applications and tools
> > | * Growing developer experience with Linux as an embedded OS
> > `----
>
> >http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4920597981.html
>
> > Related:
>
> > Linux in more than 90% of top supercomputers
>
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Other operating systems, such as AIX (4.8%), Solaris (0.4%) and Mac OS X
> > | (0.4%) make the list, but Linux is alone at the top, where it is used in 459
> > | systems or 91.8% of the top supercomputer systems.
> > `----
>
> >http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/15/linux-in-more-than...
> >http://tinyurl.com/2rponk
>
> Having kept up my goal of two Linux system conversions per week, since
> 1997, I am aligned with a charitable group who distributed 1400
> computers in the last year, providing help for the underprivileged half
> of the "Digital Divide", elderly, disabled, and school aged children,
> who do NOT have a computer.
>
> I brought into this organization my favor towards fast loading Linux
> distributions, and we are in the midst of switching from 3 hour installs
> and paid licenses that is the Microsoft world, to 41 minute installs
> with 20,000+ Applications, Games, Accessories, and Suites!
>
> We received some donated Vista boxes, as Corporate donors are dumping
> that disaster, and switching to GNU/Linux, also, and we'll load Ubuntu
> 8.04 on all of them, to take advantage of the huge number of unique OSS
> features!
>
> My $.02 is that folks who are so strident in support of one OS, ARE
> BLIND TO THE FACT THAT EVERY SOFTWARE PLATFORM DIES AFTER SOME 20
> YEARS! Microsoft has run it's course, and better options are already
> here. They admit as much in every SEC Quarterly report since 2000.
Can you say where you work? What distro do you use? Do you have a
web site?
Thanks...
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