I don't know any companies that use all macks. Macks really suck so I don't blame them. The school district I'm in used to use all pcs, runing winblows nt and an nt server. Mack gave them a deal, and now we're using about half and half. The mack side is down about 75% of the time, the pcs are down about 15 percent. If they switched to linux, both sides could use the same server, and downtime would be decreased. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:59 AM Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > Do you really think 40% of the companies use Linux in USA? > I don't think so. And anyway, I don't think you believe that 40% of USA > companies use only Linux and no Windows. > 1. Most of them use Linux only as a server for the internet because it is > better in this field. > 2. I believe there are a lot of companies that use only Windows and don't > have a private web or FTP or mail server. > > How many companies do you think that don't use Windows at all? > > You will probably tell me that Linux is in fact used by more companies that > those who use Windows. > > If 40% of the companies use Linux, another part use OS2, another part use > Macintosh, etc, how many Windows users are there? > > Microsoft will lose from its market share? > I hope you're right. > > > Teddy, > orasnita at home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cecil H. Whitley" <cwhitley at ec.rr.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:21 AM > Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > > > > Hi Teddy, > > I must disagree with you about companies not using Linux. I saw stats > > earlier today that up to 40% of the companies in the U.S. are now using > > Linux for some applications. MicroSoft is expected to lose 18% of it's > > market share over the next two years to Star Office and it's free > > counterpart OpenOffice. > > > > Now, just because Linux isn't friendly to blind users for it's GUI doesn't > > mean that there is no GUI. There are games for Linux btw, they're the > same > > games that there are for windows, because they are the windows games! > Check > > out wine-x by transgaming, not that it will do you any good. Remember, > you > > being blind are a minority. Wine is not up to the glorious 1.0 yet, but > > there are commercial products based on it that are doing okay for > > themselves. You may also wish to check out lindows.com. Is Linux a > > minority? Yes! Are you a minority Linux user? Yes! That's two strikes > > against you, but do not generalize that to the product itself. You can't > > speak for the sighted world because unfortunately you're no longer a part > of > > it. Does any of this help you? No, but that does not prevent it from > being > > the truth. > > > > Linux now has some serious backing, IBM, HP, Sun, a large customer base is > > being installed in the governments of various countries including France, > > Germany, Brazil, China and the United States and Canada. IBM has picked > up > > several major corporate customers for Linux over the past two weeks. They > > include Roiters, Sherwin Williams and I can't remember the third one to > save > > my life.... They also sold some serious computing power to the Air Force > > this week, or at least they announced it this week. Linux is a viable > > product and is probably here to stay whether or not the GUI is ever made > > accessable. In fact, the NSA has it's own secure version of Linux for use > > within security sensative areas. > > Regards, > > Cecil > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
