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. ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org