the future of Linux (was Re: mlb.com)

Charles Crawford ccrawford at acb.org
Fri May 2 09:13:50 EDT 2003


This is all true.  We must also be vigilent to insure that graphics in 
Linux don't become the Windows of tomorrow.  I have already run by 
programs that requre X-windows and that is how it all started with DOS.

-- charlie.
On 
Thu, 1 May 2003, Scott Howell wrote:

> You know some of this is possible if Lindows can really get going. Its got a
> lot to offer those who want the handholding of windows, but yet the ability
> for tech-types to play. There is real promise, but what it will take is
> getting vendors of hardware onboard. Walmart has been selling computers with
> Lindows on them for as little as $299. I wonder how those sales are doing I
> might have to find some time to call Walmart and ask.
> 
> 
> 
> > Linux has reached a very critical point in its history IMHO.  People are
> > starting to get sick of Microsoft's buggy code and invasive tactics and
> > they want an alternative.  The word about Linux has started to spread.
> > Yet, Linux is a much more complicated OS than
> 
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