On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, AlgoMantra wrote:
They don't have to succeed in the US to succeed, and in Europe
(especially in Russia) business linux boxes are very popular with the
government and many businesses who don't have the large prior investment
in MS systems to act as ballast. As I've been predicting for years that
the day would come, I'm watching with great interest to see if it has at
long last arrived...:-)
You have to see what's happening here in India. There is a large engineering
college/university near my house, and Ubuntu is spreading like a forest
fire.
Everywhere BUT the US, that seems to be very much the case. Here
desktop Linux it spreading, but more like mold. Or perhaps herpes -- it
requires a certain amount of intimate contact and seduction to infect a
linux virgin with it, but once they try it they can't wait to help
spread it themselves. (Sor-ree... couldn't resist that one:-).
Remember, if it doesn't exist on TV, it just doesn't exist, at least in
the USA. Linux has gotten more visible -- there are some truly
hilarious "ads" on YouTube (search for spoofs of the Mac ad that include
linux) -- but there still haven't been enough real linux ads to make it
exist in the minds of most Americans.
Alas,
rgb
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