From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=romuald.net.eu.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17qHca-0001MK-00 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:26:20 -0400 Received: (qmail 7482 invoked by uid 1023); 14 Sep 2002 18:25:44 -0000 Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 13:25:44 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Look Out Macintosh! Message-ID: <20020914182544.GB7458@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20020914052636.10552.23125.Mailman@speech.braille.uwo.ca> <005c01c25c14$00da4100$0100a8c0@stargate> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005c01c25c14$00da4100$0100a8c0@stargate> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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: Isn't it sad that macroslop has dominated the gui os market for IBM compatibles for only 7 years or so, and people are acting as if it had been the major os for the last 200 years? Greg On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 01:27:29PM -0400, Thomas Ward wrote: > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup