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From: Mark Warner on 23 Jun 2010 15:58
Bear Bottoms wrote:
> "Critics of Linux have pointed for years to the fact that desktop market
> share for the operating system has tended to hover around 1 percent,
> rarely showing strong signs of becoming more prevalent. And, indeed,
> Linux still doesn't have the penetration of Microsoft's Windows or
> Apple's Mac OS. Nevertheless, though, operating systems featuring Linux
> at the core--but ones that don't advertise their Linux heritage--have
> steadily become a bigger and more influential part of both the desktop
> and mobile technology markets.
>
> As Steven Vaughan-Nichols notes, Hewlett-Packard, the number one PC
> seller on the planet is trending toward becoming a significant Linux
> distributor. In acquiring Palm, HP also acquires the Linux-based WebOS,
> and if HP is smart, it will pursue a very open strategy with WebOS,
> possibly on mobile phones, and possible on iPad-like tablet devices. HP
> also has acquired rights to Phoenix Technologies' HyperSpace, a lean
> Linux distro that provides instant-on capabilities.
>
> Sure, it's unlikely that HP will abandon its long-standing Windows-
> centric strategies and embrace Linux as the heart of its operating system
> strategy. No, its ties to Microsoft remain strong. But the point is that
> HP doesn't need to favor Linux for Linux to benefit. It just needs to
> support a growing ecosystem around Linux. Let's not forget that Apple's
> OS had only 5 percent of the desktop market for years, and Apple thrived
> with that share.
>
> Google, too, has demonstrated how powerful Linux can be when it's not
> branded as Linux. Android is a hugely successful mobile OS, based on
> Linux. Google's upcoming Chrome OS is Linux-based and was developed with
> the help of the Canonical team. Increasingly, Linux is having an impact
> on desktop and mobile technology users when it isn't called Linux."
>
> http://ostatic.com/blog/when-linux-isnt-called-linux

What's passed off nowadays as technical journalism is truly pathetic.

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Mark Warner
....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Nemesis on 23 Jun 2010 18:12
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:16:37 +0000, Bear Bottoms wrote:
"Yawn"
Dunno, when it's called Penix ?
Not advised for beginners like Mr Bottoms, they say it's one of
the hardest to get up, thought if you sit down to it it can be quite
entertaining.
Can't give my opinion, haven't tried it yet.
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