[GRLUG] Linux use

[Bob Kline]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:30 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 08:38:42AM -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
>
> Regarding Linux on the desktop, that arrived (for me) in 1997.  I used
> to care whether Linux would take over Microsoft's monopoly position
> until I realized that I don't run Windows and haven't since 1997 (except
> when working for organizations that required me to use their PCs but not
> on my personal computer).  What do I care which OS
> [insert-business-name] provides for its employees?  I don't work there.
> Debian with OpenBox, vim, Kile, mutt, evolution, Firefox, and a few
> others is all *I* need to be productive.
> --
> john-thomas
> ------
>

An OS needs a certain volume before
it gets commercial support, in the way
of drivers and package support.  I suspect
that the alleged small number of Linux users
is balanced by the fact that many of them
are IT professionals, and the stated growth
in non-desktop areas.

   -- Bob

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