On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 15:07, John Hebert wrote: > Great article. It's causing me to spin all kinds of > wacky "what if" scenarios. Especially, what if IBM > decides to use Linux on the desktop to extract revenge > against Micro$oft for walking away from OS/2 years > ago? > > Here's my wacky prediction: > IBM buys RedHat and batches of talented UI designers, > and _gives_ away a truly user-friendly desktop as open > source. What would M$ do? Why shouldn't IBM do to the > desktop what Sun is trying to do to M$ Office via Star > Office?
Don't forget that Sun is broadly expanding their linux support and also that they are contributing lots of $$$ to Ximian/gnome. Shannon > > http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2860393,00.html > > John Hebert > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ -- __________________________________________________________________ Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
