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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kai Ponte wrote:
> IOTW, Linux will never become dominant. :P
>
> Actually, I find not using Windows to be pretty much impossible.
> However, with such apps as Crossover and VirtualBox, I can do most
> things. (Still can't synch my Blackberry, though.)
>
>   
Microsoft may actually be chasing people away from Windows.  Linux is
certainly leading in the server world and many people are finding they
don't need Windows.  They need a browser, email, office suite etc.  The
popularity of Linux loaded netbooks is demonstrating that.  Just
yesterday, I helped a friend with her new, Vista loaded computer.  I set
up WiFi and installed Firefox & OpenOffice.  She could easily use Linux
for most of her activities.  Unfortunately, she has some software for
her work that, at the moment, is only available for Windows.  However,
she does not like Vista.  Her experience with Windows goes back to the
3.1 days, but I suspect she'd jump to Linux, if she could do her work
with it, simply due to the various problems with running Windows. 
Incidentally, the reason I was setting up her WiFi is that while it was
working previously, some update from Microsoft killed the settings and
also cost her some work she was doing, as the update started while she
was working and she couldn't even save her work!  I believe the same
thing happened to Steve Ballmer, when he was in the middle of a
presentation.  ;-)



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