European governments have long complained about their dependence on Microsoft's software, but their rhetoric has not turned into a mass migration away from Windows. During the past few years, Europe's elected officials have made a lot of noise about ambitious projects to switch to open source software, including big migrations of government PCs in France, Germany, Spain and Norway. Yet the actual migrations have been negligible. More than 95 percent of all PCs used by European government workers still run on Windows, according to the market research firm IDC.
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Member since:2005-11-10
No, I've shown myself competent because unlike you, I actually know what I'm talking about when I discuss the state of the industry, now or ten years ago.
Only a fool could have started using Linux desktop 10 years ago. It is your problem that you don't see it. Most (99%) of the people don't want to use it today and yet you're telling us it was good enough 10 years ago?
Yeah, you're competent.. right :-) You started using linux on your desktop 10 years ago, so you must be 
Member since:2006-04-21
Only a fool could have started using Linux desktop 10 years ago. It is your problem that you don't see it. Most (99%) of the people don't want to use it today and yet you're telling us it was good enough 10 years ago?
It was good enough FOR ME in 1999. That's 7 years ago, btw.
If you can't understand the concept of me being different from you (thank God), then I can't make you.
Member since:2005-07-08
See, I'm kinda of the opposite opinion on this. Not that I'd consider everyone that's been using Windows for the past 10 years fools mind you, but still, I get on Windows these days and man I miss the Linux way of doing things. I mean, cutting and pasting alone is downright painful now on Windows and reason enough for me to prefer unix style desktops. But add to that virtual desktops, a gui that doesn't all but lock up when something cpu intensive is going on, a window focus that follows my mouse, a taskbar that actually works when you put it at the top of the screen, and the thousand other little things I could come up with if I sat here long enough, and well, at that point it's no contest. And this is coming from a guy that started out on Windows, so it's not like I'm set in my ways or something. And then don't even get me started on how much easier Linux desktops are to admin.
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2006-04-21
If he lives in the States, that's hardly surprising.
) Pal, it costs $0 yet nobody wants it. That is the reality: people rather pay for Mac OS X and Windows than use Linux for free. There's nothing to assess basically. It's crap. No wonder it's free. Today, I wouldn't use it even if I was getting paid to.
He for sure is the first person that works in IT that I know of, that can not afford medcare. Especially in the US. Maybe it has something to do with what he does?
Oh, no, no, it is because he lives in the States, right, right..
I was alluding to the fact that US healthcare is renowned for being crap unless you can afford to pay for top care...which plenty can't. As for IT people, you can't know many IT people like the ones I know. Most of those who I know (and here I mean the ones who work with Windows, or Windows AND Linux) have to treat illness like a planned reboot at best...something to be avoided at all cost if possible. We aren't talking about Savlon, here, Pat's illness was serious.
Maybe you recall how Mandrake went bancrupt?
Yes, and like SGI, they are now doing fine. Your point?
Assessing the state of (desktop) Linux?
As the article proves, plenty people want it. The problem is vendor lock-in on the microsoft side (apologies to anyone with sense, if i'm starting to sound like a broken record. You just can't get through to these fanboys).
Furthermore, Windows and OS X "feel" free to most users, who only get a new version when they buy a new computer.
As for it being crap, your argument seems to be that people who actually go looking for other systems, use crap. Choosy users choose crap.
What a load of crap.
If you don't want to use it, fine. That doesn't mean anyone who does is a fool; it just means you're a fool to think so.
And you've shown yourself very competent by using Linux on desktop 10 years ago? Nice.. Hehehe.. And please, stop denying it now.
People like you.. you install Linux and then you think you're suddenly competent.. 'cause it is so geek. It is so geek that you must be competent because you've managed to install it
No, I've shown myself competent because unlike you, I actually know what I'm talking about when I discuss the state of the industry, now or ten years ago. Installing Linux is no longer hard, as you'd know if you knew anything about it.
Yet another example of your competency.
l33t h4x0r, huh :-)
Honestly, stop trolling, you're making yourself look like a fool. Can it be any coincidence that you don't disclose your real name?
Edited 2006-12-11 19:09