Hello Stephen, Saturday, February 19, 2005, 3:26:27 PM, Stephen wrote:
SK> There is a growing angst towards M$ - and I'm getting to see it SK> "on the streets". Many small biz owners and home owners (from 35 SK> and above) are getting sick of the constant cycle of upgrading. Wait till M$ goes into 'rental mode'. You'll have to upgrade to even run it at all. DRM at its best. :-(( SK> The folks that build his applications have forced him to upgrade SK> as well. Those of us who HAVE to run Win-only apps REEEEEALLY hate that! SK> He's not the only one. I have a heap of customers that are sick of SK> their machines being down or useless due to SK> bugs/virus/trojans/spyware...the only think keeping them down is SK> their teenagers who are "hooked" on things like MSN and the SK> likes... The biggest factor I see is fear and doubt. Many people can barely run Windows, and that took some doing to learn. They are scared to death to try something different. The 'techie' reputation of linux does NOT help this at all. I've had better luck with people just starting out. They just learn Mandrake instead of Windows, and like it. We REALLY need to get linux into schools!! [That's why M$ is so 'generous' in giving software to schools.] SK> (GAIM does still have a way to go). True.... Hurry, guys... :-))) SK> I'm hoping that by the time Longborn hits the streets, I'll have a SK> nice comfy permanent job somewhere in a linux/unix environment. Sounds good - best wishes to you with that. -- rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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