On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Dave Nebinger wrote: > Only if you can't see the hype and hidden agendas of those folks. Novell > wants you to buy into it to build a consumer base for their own flavor > (which, on the surface, looks and acts a lot like windows).
Err, its SuSE actually. Also, they are open-sourcing a lot of their own stuff. (Sure, their product is in their own interest but its a positive thing for the community as a whole - we need mainstream players to embrace Linux fully). > AT&T is only > testing it out, but basically they're looking to gain some leverage against > M$ in regards to pricing. Maybe - Im sure security is a major component of that decision and M$ hasn't done very well in that regard for many years. > Brazil and other third world nations don't really > have the cash that M$ tries to extort from them. The developing world today will be tomorrow's developed world so this is a positive thing too. > Hype and agendas aside, there is no momentum in the mass market to move from > windows to linux. I'd be real happy if there was as M$ IMHO is holding back > the development of systems and technology and general innovation, but that's > another thread all together. I think people need to see big organizations moving to it (which is starting to happen despite your poo-pooing), then they'll get more exposure to it and use it at home, etc etc. -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
