Amazingly dumb remark about Linux

[Octavian Rasnita]

Do you really think 40% of the companies use Linux in USA?
I don't think so. And anyway, I don't think you  believe that 40% of USA
companies use only Linux and no Windows.
1. Most of them use Linux only as a server for the internet because it is
better in this field.
2. I believe there  are a lot of companies that use only Windows and don't
have a private web or FTP or mail server.

How many companies do you think that don't use Windows at all?

You will probably tell me that Linux is in fact  used by more companies that
those who use Windows.

If 40% of the companies use Linux, another part use OS2, another part use
Macintosh, etc, how many Windows users are there?

Microsoft will lose from its market share?
I hope you're right.


Teddy,
orasnita at home.ro

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil H. Whitley" <cwhitley at ec.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux


> Hi Teddy,
> I must disagree with you about companies not using Linux.  I saw stats
> earlier today that up to 40% of the companies in the U.S. are now using
> Linux for some applications.  MicroSoft is expected to lose 18% of it's
> market share over the next two years to Star Office and it's free
> counterpart OpenOffice.
>
> Now, just because Linux isn't friendly to blind users for it's GUI doesn't
> mean that there is no GUI.  There are games for Linux btw, they're the
same
> games that there are for windows, because they are the windows games!
Check
> out wine-x by transgaming, not that it will do you any good.  Remember,
you
> being blind are a minority.  Wine is not up to the glorious 1.0 yet, but
> there are commercial products based on it that are doing okay for
> themselves.  You may also wish to check out lindows.com.  Is Linux a
> minority?  Yes!  Are you a minority Linux user?  Yes!  That's two strikes
> against you, but do not generalize that to the product itself.  You can't
> speak for the sighted world because unfortunately you're no longer a part
of
> it.  Does any of this help you?  No, but that does not prevent it from
being
> the truth.
>
> Linux now has some serious backing, IBM, HP, Sun, a large customer base is
> being installed in the governments of various countries including France,
> Germany, Brazil, China and the United States and Canada.  IBM has picked
up
> several major corporate customers for Linux over the past two weeks.  They
> include Roiters, Sherwin Williams and I can't remember the third one to
save
> my life....  They also sold some serious computing power to the Air Force
> this week, or at least they announced it this week.  Linux is a viable
> product and is probably here to stay whether or not the GUI is ever made
> accessable.  In fact, the NSA has it's own secure version of Linux for use
> within security sensative areas.
> Regards,
> Cecil
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>