__/ [ thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 06:14 \__
> The desktop Linux floodgates appear to have opened, at least in my
> immediate circle. Last year a friend of the family moved in with
> us while he goes to College here in town. His arrival meant the
> addition of a Windows XP system to our (otherwise almost exclusively
> Linux) house network. He just today announced his intention to
> convert to Ubuntu Linux. After months of exposure to Linux, a
> variety of problems with Windows, and a conversation with a Linux
> using gamer buddy, he has decided to make the leap. I think that
> Beryl demo his friend showed him didn't hurt. Neither did my
> successful installation of World of Warcraft under Wine (something
> I initially investigated for my nephew).
>
> This comes as a very pleasant surprise, and right on the heals of
> both of my sisters expressing interest in Linux. Tomorrow we
> wipe his Windows drive and fire up Feisty Fawn. :)
>
> The Windows installations are dropping like bowling pins around
> here.
...Not according to the OEM's data. Redmond will soon be collecting far less
'phonecalls' from PCs.
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