From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from home.rdsnet.ro ([193.231.236.40] helo=relay1.home.ro) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17EKhK-0003EH-00 for ; Sat, 01 Jun 2002 22:02:22 -0400 Received: (qmail 30391 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2002 02:02:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp) (213.233.103.80) by s1.home.ro with SMTP; 2 Jun 2002 02:02:25 -0000 Message-ID: <001301c209d9$d0bb3c40$5067e9d5@microsoft.com> From: "Octavian Rasnita" To: References: <001b01c207a4$ea6f7840$0100a8c0@stargate> <000a01c2083d$3111c2b0$2d67e9d5@microsoft.com> <000c01c20841$7a56cac0$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> <001901c2090d$0298d330$ac67e9d5@microsoft.com> <001901c20912$ead84ae0$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 06:00:02 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Here I agree 100% I also think Linux is better than Windows if it is used as a server. But as a desktop, ... Teddy, orasnita@home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecil H. Whitley" To: Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 5:20 AM Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > Teddy, > The statement that 40% of companies use Linux is as far as I know accurate. > This does not mean that they use it for all their users desktops, that > obviously is not the case. M.S. has the desktop market fairly wrapped up. > They are however using Linux (and unix for that matter) based servers. > There are instances where Linux desktops are being used also though. > Industrial Light and Magic replaced their SGI workstations with Linux, as > did Jim Hinson's company (ya know, the muppets, kermit and company). > Apparently Linux makes one heck of a graphics editing platform. In my > previous email I cited a couple major customers that IBM is converting over > to Linux. This trend is accelerating. Even M.S. realizes that Linux and > the opensource community is their biggest threat. > > Cecil > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >