Star Shuttleworth: Windows 7 Is Yet Another Opportunity for Linux
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 2nd Apr 2009 22:32 UTC
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu According to Canonical head honcho Mark Shuttleworth, Windows 7 presents the ideal opportunity for Linux to gain significant inroads into the desktop market. He said so in an interview with InternetNews. While I certainly do hope so, an eerie sense of deja vu creeps up on me: isn't this like the 923298th opportunity where Linux is supposed to make inroads into the desktop market?
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Just curious...
by whartung on Thu 2nd Apr 2009 23:14 UTC
whartung
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2005-07-06

Just, exactly, when was the "Year of Mac OS X"? So I know what to look for when it happens for Linux.

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RE: Just curious...
by Moulinneuf on Fri 3rd Apr 2009 16:41 in reply to "Just curious..."
Moulinneuf Member since:
2005-07-06

When Apple Bought Next in 1996 bringing Steve Jobs back to Apple as an advisor.

Not until 2002 was Mac OS X made the main OS.

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