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"Dick Hurtz" <cio@utopoiaplanitia.us> wrote in message
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> "Rick" <none@nomail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:36:21 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
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>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:30:02 -0000, Rick wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:17:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:50:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "If Ubuntu doesn't solve this problem and solve it fast it will lose
>>>>>> me and millions of others."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?
>>>> t=587905&highlight=freeze&page=46
>>>>>
>>>>> It wouldn't surprise me at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem with being the most popular Linux distribution is that now
>>>>> it's time to pony up and deliver because the people are ready and
>>>>> waiting.
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks like Ubuntu is riddled with bugs which is not a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> Why does it look like "Ubuntu is riddled with bugs"?
>>>
>>> Read the forums.
>>
>> Read the Windows related forums.
>>
>>
>>>>> Tell me, Linux desktop is currently hovering on life support at about
>>>>> 0.6 percent of the desktop market share.
>>>>
>>>> "on life support"? How can Linux be "on life support" when its userbase
>>>> keeps increasing?
>>>
>>> From what 0.6 percent to 0.8 percent over at least 10 years? That's
>>> hardly anything to brag about.
>>
>> That's a pretty big gain when you consider the lack of advertising, and
>> the herd mentality and network effects that must be fought.
>>
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> No, it's a joke. Linux will never be anything more than a hobby OS for
> geeks. And a server OS in the back room. Every year since 1997 has been
> the "year of Linux on the desktop." Its never going to happen. Have fun
> with Linux. Enjoy it. But don't assert that it's a serious competitor for
> Vista.
Finally, someone with common sense
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> "Rick" <none@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:13v09rgf0586p47@news.supernews.com...
>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:36:21 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:30:02 -0000, Rick wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:17:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:50:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "If Ubuntu doesn't solve this problem and solve it fast it will lose
>>>>>> me and millions of others."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?
>>>> t=587905&highlight=freeze&page=46
>>>>>
>>>>> It wouldn't surprise me at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem with being the most popular Linux distribution is that now
>>>>> it's time to pony up and deliver because the people are ready and
>>>>> waiting.
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks like Ubuntu is riddled with bugs which is not a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> Why does it look like "Ubuntu is riddled with bugs"?
>>>
>>> Read the forums.
>>
>> Read the Windows related forums.
>>
>>
>>>>> Tell me, Linux desktop is currently hovering on life support at about
>>>>> 0.6 percent of the desktop market share.
>>>>
>>>> "on life support"? How can Linux be "on life support" when its userbase
>>>> keeps increasing?
>>>
>>> From what 0.6 percent to 0.8 percent over at least 10 years? That's
>>> hardly anything to brag about.
>>
>> That's a pretty big gain when you consider the lack of advertising, and
>> the herd mentality and network effects that must be fought.
>>
>
> No, it's a joke. Linux will never be anything more than a hobby OS for
> geeks. And a server OS in the back room. Every year since 1997 has been
> the "year of Linux on the desktop." Its never going to happen. Have fun
> with Linux. Enjoy it. But don't assert that it's a serious competitor for
> Vista.
Finally, someone with common sense