Re: Any experience with "The Last One"?

From: Rupert Pigott (roo_at_dark-try-removing-this-boong.demon.co.uk)
Date: 12/01/03 

Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:01:03 -0000

"Gerry Quinn" <gerryq@indigo.ie> wrote in message
news:JGGyb.2852$nm6.17293@news.indigo.ie...
> In article <1070281540.601285@saucer.planet.gong>, "Rupert Pigott"
<roo@dark-try-removing-this-boong.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >"Gerry Quinn" <gerryq@indigo.ie> wrote in message
> >news:bpFyb.2841$nm6.17322@news.indigo.ie...
> >
> >> I live in Europe, and I see Windows everywhere - never Linux.
> >
> >More precisely you live in Ireland where MS & Intel have a big
> >footprint, economically and politically.
>
> I don't think that influences peoples' choice of system or OS.
>
> >> >Look outside the US for proof that Linux is good enough.
> >>
> >> See above - I live in Europe. Contrary to what people are
> >> apparently telling you over there in California, Windows is
> >> overwhelmingly dominant in Europe too.
> >
> >Wakey ! Wakey !
> >
> >Windows is *losing* desktop share to Open Source alternatives. :)
>
> Over the last few years, Google consistently record the percentage of
> Linux systems accessing their search engine at 1%.
>
> As for losing desktop share, it is a bit difficult to gain any when you
> have 90% or so. If I created an abominable OS and used it myself, I
> would have "gained desktop share" from Windows.

At present it's losing them not in 1s and 2s. It's losing
them in 100s and 1000s. Check out the contract wins. Sure,
they have a long way to go, it'll take time before there's
a good percentage out there. MS is worried, MS shills are
worried, I think that speaks for itself. People who are not
worried about this kinda stuff tend to ignore it. You are
clearly worried, what vested interest do you have in all
this ?

Cheers,
Rupert