[KLUG Members] Calling all Linux novices:

[John Bridleman]

* Adam Tauno Williams (adam@morrison-ind.com) wrote:
> "Figures are hard to come by, but most experts agree that Microsoft software
> runs on well above 90 percent of PCs"
> 
> I though Mac had like 4-6% market share,  and some estimates put the number of
> Linux desktops at ~4%.  So 91% is "well above 90%",  I'd say it makes the 90% a
> bit questionable - especially if you factor in the rest of the world.  But it
> all depends on how you measure.

Yea, that's what my wife says. ;-)

> "But the numbers are growing, and at some point users will be able to buy
> computers with preloaded Linux"
> 
> Wal-mart, among several others, like say: IBM?

He probably didn't check with these lightweight retailers.

> By all the Powers That Be I hope this NEVER happens.  Put the little penguin on
> it if it works.  The Windows driver model is so $&%^@&(*)(# $&&@*(()@ @^T^$@ stupid.

Amen.

> "desktop applications that come in both Windows and Linux versions"
> 
> Well, most Linux applications will run on windows.  Dia, GIMP, Open Office,...
>   Shoot, there is even a project to make GNOME Meeting build on Windows, which
> is just tres' bizarre.

yes, but we do need better applications on Linux so we can share the data better with Windows. I'm thinking here of StarOffice/Microsoft Office. StarOffice is nice but there are still those weird docs that don't work.

Let's go to Advocacy.....
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John Bridleman / www.bridleman.org