Subject: Re: Debunking the Linux-Windows market-share myth - March 14, 2003
From: Jim Gribbin (jewelrysupplier@gci.net)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 17:03:23 AKST
Is Ms a 'better' platform for games, or merely more supported?
Jim Gribbin
On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 15:05, Newnham wrote:
> Well i think Linux is missing a big component for our younger audience.
> GAMES, Microsoft still as a beter platform for RPG games and MOMRPG games.
> untill Linux finds a way to support these, wWindos will aways have a place
> in my house(unfortunatley)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Collier" <larry@medease.com>
> To: "Bryan Hickok" <bhickok@alaskapacific.edu>; "Stanley Long"
> <slong@customcpu.com>; "AKLUG" <aklug@aklug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:44 PM
> Subject: RE: Debunking the Linux-Windows market-share myth - March 14, 2003
>
>
> >
> > I think it already is. If it were not why is MS fighting it with such
> zeal.
> > I have two workstations by my desk. One is running WIN2K the other RH8.0.
> > There is nothing I can do on the 2K box I can't do on the RH box. Inertia
> > (of my customers) is the only thing keeping the 2K box here. I'd much
> > prefer 2 RH boxes. They don't need to be rebooted anywhere near as often.
> >
> > Anyone who can unpack a preinstalled windows could just as well unpack a
> > preinstalled RH8.0 and start using either of them.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
> > Bryan Hickok
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:42 PM
> > To: Stanley Long; AKLUG
> > Subject: RE: Debunking the Linux-Windows market-share myth - March 14,
> > 2003
> >
> >
> >
> > When will Linux become a powerful competitor in the desktop OS market?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stanley Long [mailto:slong@customcpu.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:39 PM
> > To: AKLUG
> > Subject: Debunking the Linux-Windows market-share myth - March 14, 2003
> >
> >
> >
> > There are dozens of reasons why people have underestimated how quickly =
> >
> > Linux has been grabbing Windows' market share.
> >
> > - March 14, 2003
> > http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2003/0314.petreley.html=20
> > <http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2003/0314.petreley.html>
> >
> > Evans Data Corporation hired me to help out with a research report=20
> > focused on Linux developers.
> >
> > Of the developers surveyed, more than 50 percent who now develop=20
> > primarily for Linux used to develop primarily for Windows.
> >
> > ... This year, Windows commands attention of 50 percent of the=20
> > developers. Roughly 40 percent focus primarily on Linux. These=20
> > priorities will switch places almost number-for-number next year. ...
> >
> > Assuming you could get a reliable snapshot of Windows and Linux machines =
> >
> > installed, there is yet another complicating factor that renders this=20
> > less-meaningful. Linux runs on far more hardware platforms, including=20
> > those that outperform Intel-based systems. Even on Intel, Linux=20
> > outperforms Windows.
> >
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