Jerry L Kreps wrote:
In fact, I believe that within the next year or two we will see ALL the major windows apps and many of the minor ones offer Linux versions. With the advent of SO, WP8, Domino, VisualAge, etc., we are seeing that trend in full bloom. So, despite what Dyroff said, Linux is ALL READY on the desktop of many, many folks, and ready for many, many more.
I hope you're right about that, although I'm dubious. What would really deliver a body blow to Microsoft is to have AOL team up with some hardware manufacturer to produce a Linux-based AOL machine -- and Steve Case has no love for Microsoft. It wouldn't be hard to hide all the innards of Linux and to create a seamless interface -- though we true-blue Linuxers would certainly hope that there would be a small, inconspicuous side door to let us into the real system underneath. The threat to MS would be particularly potent if AOL also started to provide web-based applications such as a word processor. If you're going for the real mass market in computing, AOL is where to look. How you or I feel about it is almost irrelevant. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/