From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.netins.net ([167.142.225.203] helo=cgpf2.cgp.netins.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17qGlC-00016f-00 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 13:31:10 -0400 Received: from [167.142.19.211] (HELO president731) by cgpf2.cgp.netins.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9) with SMTP id 131965138 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 12:31:12 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020914123108.007af9d0@pop3.netins.net> X-Sender: jsymes@pop3.netins.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 12:31:08 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Jason Symes Subject: Re: Look Out Macintosh! In-Reply-To: <005c01c25c14$00da4100$0100a8c0@stargate> References: <20020914052636.10552.23125.Mailman@speech.braille.uwo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-623E7592; boundary="=======58ECA25=======" 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: --=======58ECA25======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-623E7592; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Exactly, that's social inertia! 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 > > Jason Symes kids in the backseat can cause accidents, but accidents in the back seat can cause kids The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke) if you stand for nothing you're liable to fall for anything. If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all! Just trying to plug away! --=======58ECA25=======--