On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 17:52, David Millet wrote: > > > all I have to say is that I personally want linux to rule the desktop, > > > simply because I will stand to make alot of money when big companies > > > start picking it up. a lot of us will, in fact. > > > > > > i'm extremely confident that it will rule the desktop market, because of > > > the speed at which the desktops have improved, which i have been lucky > > > to observe during the past year i've been doing the linux thing. i've > > > seen major improvements, unlike how windows upgrades their operating > > > systems these days. i use winXP at work and haven't seen yet too much > > > of an improvement from win2000. i agree with that guy from red hat. > > > give kde, gnome, etc a few more years to mature and it will be > > > night-night time for the M$ monopoly. > > > > > Not until Broderbund releases a Calendar Creator that works with > > Linux. Ditto for Reader Rabbit, Math Blaster, etc, etc, ad nauseum. > > > Or not until wine begins running these and every windoze app that > everyone uses flawlessly, which hopefully happens soon. > > david
As much as I like Wine, and use it myself for some products, I fear that the wine project may do to linux what win-os/2 did for os/2. If your system will run win32 apps, what insentive do companies have to develop native programs for you. nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
