From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.valkyrie.net ([216.28.214.193]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17qGXJ-0000ic-00 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 13:16:49 -0400 Received: (qmail 2580 invoked by uid 0); 14 Sep 2002 17:16:51 -0000 Received: from mlbg-usr1-209-057.valkyrie.net (HELO stargate) (216.28.209.57) by mail.valkyrie.net with SMTP; 14 Sep 2002 17:16:51 -0000 Message-ID: <005c01c25c14$00da4100$0100a8c0@stargate> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <20020914052636.10552.23125.Mailman@speech.braille.uwo.ca> Subject: Re: Look Out Macintosh! Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 13:27:29 -0400 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 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: Hi. Well, I certainly feel if any operating system can remove or cut into Microsoft's share it will be Linux, but it will take a while. It's all about conditioning. People for years have grown use to Microsoft's pile of junk, and it takes a while to remove previous ideas and opinions. It also takes other companies willingness to port existing apps to Linux. Apps such as Adobe's Photo Sweit, MS Office, and so on are conciddred Windows flag ship applications and it depends on a willingness to switch to other software.