Re: Linux has a long way to go before it becomes the major OS
From: Andy Fraser (andyfraser31_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/18/04
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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:14:16 +0000
Ruel Smith (Big Daddy) uttered the immortal words:
> You'd be surprised at how many people out there have never even heard of
> Linux. Unless you follow the computing industry, it may be foreign to you.
> Preinstallation and marketing have made Windows a household name. Linux is
> fragmented between distros and not a houshold name at all. That may change
> with SuSE's acquisition and bold steps made by Sun and IBM. I've tried to
> get my friends to try it, but they won't. It's too foreign to them.
I must have some open minded friends then :-D If they're over at my house
and need to look something up on a website they do ok with Konqueror. Most
of them don't care which browser they're using as long as they can see the
web page. That is only web browsing though :-)
-- Andy.
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