On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Right now, manufacturers must LOVE M$. There is this symbiotic/parasitic
> relationship here where each provides the other with the means of continued
> and expanded existence. :(
Hmmm... like IBM? ;-)
IBM are making waves, this time in attempting to change the way
users view operating systems, by viewing them as mere
commodities. Not surprisingly, Linux is at the heart of the strategy:
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO65075,00.html
> I can't see why M$ would proclaim Linux a threat. ???
Microsoft has steadily been losing ground in the server
market... since '97 iirc. How much of Microsoft's
business is represented by servers today?
Here is some more on Amazon.com moving to Linux. It continues to be
a headline-grabbing news story both online and in the printed
press. Well, Linux will be responsible for Amazon making its first
profits, which will be a wakeup call to the industry!
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7720536.html?tag=owv
If we suppose that at least half of all Windows
installations are on computers owned by corporations
and small businesses, and they start seeing this shift
of the big boys like Intel and Amazon (not to mention
hundreds of others) to Linux, don't you think there will
come a point, a critical mass, when suddenly more
businesses will switch to Linux rather than doing yet
one more expensive upgrade to Windows?
In the office productivity arena, any machine that
can run Win'98 can just as easily run Gnome/KDE, so
once Linux is the basis for a company's IT
infrastructure, can Linux on the desktop be that far
behind?
- Steve
