On 6/21/07, Bobby Hartsfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I stil don't think that linux will ever be the OS of choice > > for the general public >
People said that MS Word would never replace Word Perfect, which totally dominated the word processor market. People said that Windows would never replace Novell for networking which totally dominated the networking market. Microsoft is ever conscious of the fact that a slipup on their part could just as easily have people saying "remember Windows? That was once the major OS system in the world - now look at it!" It nearly happened once. Remember when Windows95 came out and there was no internet connectivity with it? MS had the view that we were all going to use their MSN instead and the internet would no longer be needed. If they hadn't done a high-speed U-Turn things might have looked very different today in the IT world. The lesson to learn? you can never say "never" in the fast-changing world of IT. There is no reason why linux couldnt be the predominant OS if they play their cards right and if MS misses a trick. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281761 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
