Re: Novell Desktop Linux 10: getting closer to a toss up between Linux & Windows?

"YKhan" <yjkhan@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I'm still not convinced by Linux on the desktop yet, but this seems
> like it might be getting closer. It's probably pretty important that
> people move out of Windows before Vista arrives and they get stuck.

(1) I've been convinced by Linux on the desktop for a decade now.
    Generally when people point to the applications that they need
    Windows for (no. 1:  Word), they're talking about exactly the
    applications that sent me screaming in horror a decade ago.  And
    they've only gotten worse since.

(2) The Windows people I know are already so stuck that Vista won't
    make a difference.
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