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On Wednesday 20 December 2006 21:32, Jeff Rollin wrote: |
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> Hi all |
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> A discussion on the staff blogs over at OSNews about the Linux desktop |
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> got me thinking. Thom and Eugenia seem to think that "the linux |
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> desktop peaked in 2001-2004", but I don't remember the hype around |
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> Ubuntu starting till well after that. Their argument seemed to be that |
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> because GNOME is running into problems and because KDE is behind |
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> schedule, the Linux desktop is dead. |
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> How true is this? |
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PURE Microsoft FUD... "They" are pulling out all the stops now, trying to |
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block the advancement of Linux in any areas they can. The fact is, they are |
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loosing big time, big money. |
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Do a simple google safari for "ie 7" and "windows vista" and read the posts |
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from ordinary windows users (not the professional microsoft shills)... |
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There's so much discontentment "out there" with microsoft products that |
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Microsoft will never be able to quell it. |
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It's a literal "Linux Breeding Ground" and Linux could fill their needs. |
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If "you guys and gals" want to do some serious Linux advocating, start lending |
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as much help as you can on the micosoft support usenet forums. Help as much |
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as you can. If you are successful, then perhaps you've made a friend. If you |
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fail at fixing their windows toys, offer them a free copy of linux... You may |
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make a friend for life. |
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As example, I offer: |
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I just spent two hours on the phone, helping a guy with his brand new Dell |
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desktop. It worked great a couple of days ago, today IE7 says is..."cannot |
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display webage". All webpages...dead. Turned out he "somehow" turned on the |
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windows firewall AND a third party firewall. Un-installing the second |
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firewall got him backup and in business. I helped him configure the windows |
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firewall as best as I could and recommend a few places to google for more |
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information on firewall setups. Yeah, I helped fix a windows box... It took 2 |
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hours... The guy was a total nubie... However, at the end of the session, he |
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did take me up on my recommendation of using FireFox for general browsing and |
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IE7 for those sites that absolutely have to have it. He also took me up on my |
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offer of a free copy of a Live Linux DVD. |
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There's a gold mine of new linux users/converts out there. They just have to |
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be told that there really is CHOICE amongst OS's, browsers, etc... |
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Jerry McBride |
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