(server) no question it has reached acceptance. performance and perception.
(desktop) Lindows is "making linux accessible". So there is value for the consumer - and that's really what they are charging/paying for. The general consumer just wants it to work, they don't care about windows/lindows/linux etc, as long as it does the job. I think the business station in some environments is ready to make the switch. But you need companies like Lindows that are going to create the "easy" to use distributions tailored to specific needs. (not saying all that isn't already out there). Eric From: Sean A Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: (OT) Lindows was (commercial distributions of Linux) Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 10:40:20 -0800 On Sunday, Feb 16, 2003, at 06:35 US/Pacific, Peter Bagnato wrote: > LINUX will never survive if there is not a larger software base for it. IMO, that would depend on whether it's sweet spot is considered the server market or the desktop market. I think it's a perfectly viable server O/S already and needs no commercialization there. I think it's interesting that the Lindows site *sells* software that you can easily download for free but this is not new in the free software world... Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
