Re: Will Linux eventually take over the desktop market?

From: bagal (alan_plc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/22/04

  • Next message: Ron Hunter: "Re: Will Linux eventually take over the desktop market?" 
    Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 18:48:41 +0100

    i can remember where every different computer had its own proprietary
    operating system. The result? Chaos. Files on one computer wre
    incompatible with another - floppies were formatted one way on onse system
    and another way on another system.

    It must have been terrible and I am so glad that there is one common
    oprating system which (IMHO) has been effected not by industry standards but
    in the way consumers chose to spend their money within the choices available
    to them at the time

    If the winner of world popularity is X or Y is of no real consequence to me.
    However, what is important IMHO is that computers are able to work with
    consumer interests in mind as opposed to proprietary interests.

    I mean, I can attach a file to an email - send it almost anywhere in the
    world. If the recipient has a similar program - great they can oipen it.
    If not = stuck!

    Until, of course, file viewers became important and ultimately XML(?)

    Bagal

    ps - ne pre-judgements made. It seems to be the choice consumers make when
    parting with their hard earned dosh

    B
    "Viktor Lofgren" <root@eudial.nos--pam.mine.nu> wrote in message
    news:6YKrc.93130$dP1.296017@newsc.telia.net...
    > In alt.os.linux.slackware Lucas Tam <LucasTam@hotmail.com> wrote:
    > > With economic powerhouses like the EU and China jumping on board to
    > > ditch MS in favor of open source could Linux conceivably one day be
    > > more ubiquitous than Windows? Would DRM be a factor?
    >
    > Only if people start using it and quit using windows. Personally i have
    > hard to see that comming anytime soon. It's still a system for servers
    > and power users. KDE and GNOME are great, but not quite enough for the
    > the massses.
    >
    > <commie_style_indoctrination_tactics>
    > However, if schools and other public institutions start using only Linux,
    > a new Linux-savvy generation will grow up and spread the word to the
    > rest of the population. </commie_style_indoctrination_tactics>

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