Doug,
You make a number of interesting points... as for Linux getting a "toehold",
it's a bloody BIG toe !!
Although I do agree with the "stealth" comment.
Linux still has a way to go as a desktop O/S - yes, heresy - as a server O/S
it runs rings around almost anything else, and certainly against ANYTHING
Microsoft can throw at it.
As a desktop O/S - well, for the "geek" market (i,e, SLUG users, and people
of like ilk), it's almost there already. For the "average" user's desktop,
not yet - and maybe never, unless users are re-educated to let go of their MS
apronstrings.
Compare inux to NT and Linux wins every time just on $$$ - and THAT's
unfortunately what many managers look at - Microsoft will destroy themselves
(assuming they don't try to bring out a M$ Linux - now THERE's a scarey
thought !!!) - they will price themselves out of the market....
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