[TriLUG] The Threat of a Linux Generation; *now* with URL

David R. Matusiak matusiak at speakeasy.net
Mon Mar 4 16:29:20 EST 2002


http://www.msnbc.com/news/718622.asp

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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:25:50 -0800 (PST)
From: David R. Matusiak <matusiak at speakeasy.net>
To: TriLUG at trilug.org
Subject: The Threat of a Linux Generation

a blase overview from a large media outlet, but i'm just happy that this 
sentiment is gaining such an audience. and i like how they equate people who can 
actually understand linux to "a threat." he he he...

the following made me raff:

"Linux now accounts for 27 percent of server software worldwide, compared to 
Microsofts 42 percent share, says research firm IDC."
~are these numbers reversed?? who paid for this survey?

"Linux hackers from Germany and elsewhere are working on a Windows-like 
graphical interface for Linux PCs called KDE (for K Desktop Environment). They 
expect to release it this spring - free of charge."
~not like KDE has been out for 4+ years or anything...

"In the end, Microsoft persuaded the Parliament to continue using Windows NE for 
5,000 new PCs."
~yeah, that "NE" -- its *powerful* stuff!

fact checking...  what is fact checking?
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