This statement sums it up. "'I think everybody in the world is probably looking for some competitive desktop operating system, but I don't think that anybody wants to switch,' said Robert Hacker, systems manager at Binney & Smith Inc. in Easton, Pa., the maker of Crayola crayons. Hacker said that while the idea of moving to Linux is intriguing, he would have to see a "critical mass" of adoption before he would consider it." I believe I've seen this before. Where reluctance rules right up to the point where a couple/few opt for the new path and then the snowball effect happens. In otherwords, once you get a few corporations that have taken the "risk" of switching their desktop OS with a ported app that affords them all the benefits of both worlds, and they and other find it managable, cost saving, and takes no hits on their productivity, then the others fall in line (Can you say lotus notes on win3.1 vs M$ office suite). They had to face the same thing about a decade ago and they made the switch - hence the makings of the monopoly were born! Port it and they will come. Curtis On Wednesday 19 December 2001 15:13, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Holdout States Want Microsoft Office Ported To Linux
A remedy plan supported by nine holdout states would force Microsoft to port Windows to Linux and other rival operating systems. The goal is to weaken the monopoly status of the Windows operating system, but end users say Microsoft's grip is too tight.
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