Re: Effect of Microsoft EU ruling on Linux...
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On 09/18/07 14:53, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> Dear Debianists,
>
> I don't know much about this EU ruling on Microsoft that came out today
> but I would be interested to know if it has any benefit for Linux users...
Every other situation/circumstance/event that has ever arisen that's
made Linux geeks all a-quiver with excitement that this might lead
to Linux On The Desktop has led to squat. Bupkus. Zilch. Nada.
I see no reason for this to change any time in the next 5 (maybe 10,
but that's stretching it) years.
Why? There's too much of an installed base of applications that
don't work *perfectly* with Crossover Office, and the web sites your
kids want to go to that require Shockwave, and the banks that
require ActiveX widgets.
Face it: as much as we 2% who love Linux (and many of us love AMD)
wish it otherwise, 5% of people think the world revolves around
Cupertino, 30% thinks it revolves around Redmond, and the other 63%
just want their favorite app to work.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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