[vox] Linux No. 2?

[Don Werve]

Rod Roark wrote:
> On Thursday 05 August 2004 08:12 am, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
> 
>>My son came up with this URL.  The claim is that Linux has surpassed the 
>>Mac as the no. 2 desktop OS.
>>
>>http://www.macminute.com/2004/08/04/linux
> 
> More interesting to me is IDC's claim (in the same article)
> that Linux will have 6% of desktops by 2007.  Might not seem
> like a lot, but it's huge in terms of *rate* of growth.
> 
> And 6% will become quite annoying to hardware and software
> vendors who have had the luxury of shrugging off Linux
> compatibility in the past.

I'll just be pleased when I can buy a laptop that is (a) durable[1], (b) 
works flawlessly with Debian, and (b) has three mouse buttons.

[1] I don't care if it's only got a 300MHz processor; I want an aircraft 
aluminium case and a weight under 2lbs.

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Don Werve <donw at examen.com> (Unix System Administrator)

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