Ambitious plans by Bergen (for the geography impaired: that's Norway) to move to an open source desktop environment have been suspended. Ole-Bjorn Tuftedal, special advisor on contracts and technology at Bergen, said on Monday that the desktop Linux migration would not happen for at least the next two years. Tuftedal, though, is still confident that the migration will happen eventually.
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Member since:2006-02-01
That's a valid point.
I guess the first reason is that I'm so accustomed to people sniping at Windows/MS that I don't really notice it.
The second reason is that, so it seems to me, NotParker's constant reminders/jibes/claims (call them what you will) about the size of the Linux desktop userbase seem to bring nothing to the discussion, and moreover are (as I suspected) motivated more by a desire to aggravate people than anything else.
I don't know for sure, but I would imagine that twenex's ire is aimed at Microsoft as an entity rather than at Windows users. In other words, he's doing it to have a go at MS rather than piss anyone off. Even so, I certainly don't see any point in adding a comment to a Windows story along the lines of "MS suck, Vista is years over due, switch to Linux!" as again, it adds nothing to the discussion.
The comparison of specific features of various OSes merits debate; merely bringing up the subject Windows in a Linux story or vice versa for the purposes of criticising the "opposition" is simply childish.
Edited 2006-09-06 05:36
Member since:2006-04-21
I don't know for sure, but I would imagine that twenex's ire is aimed at Microsoft as an entity rather than at Windows users. In other words, he's doing it to have a go at MS rather than piss anyone off.
Quite correct. Well, I'd be happy to piss Microsoft off by reducing their market share...
Even so, I certainly don't see any point in adding a comment to a Windows story along the lines of "MS suck, Vista is years over due, switch to Linux!" as again, it adds nothing to the discussion.
I don't recall EVER having done this on this site: unless I'm mistaken all I've ever done on this site is attempt to show where Linux and/or FOSS beats Microsoft on delivery, progress, features, price, and TCO, and counter MS-shill FUD. If you can point to where I've done otherwise, you're welcome to do so.
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2005-11-23
Yes and for sure you didn't noticed at all the comments of twenex always bashing Windows and Microsoft through his comment history.
Why don't you ask him why ?
You can't understand why NotParker is always bashing linux but you can understand why twenex is doing so with Windows.
You only see what you want my friend.