[mdlug] Linux push an economic phenomanon?

[David Lane]

Lets define "main stream". 

Main Stream: Linux is going to Best Buy and picking up a "Linux PC" for the 
Non-Tech PC user.

At on point I had 3 boxes running Linux. I dont qualify because I'm a techie.  

In my mind when Linux cunts into Microsoft's market share then We are getting 
some where. 


There are ways that Linux will gain steam:

1. Non Tech PS users are comfortable with the O.S.
2. Linux has to be more user friendly
3. Open Office evolution 

I'm happy with my Linux deployments I dont like forking out 129-159 bucks Every 
time I build a new pc. 


But At work the Admin's have replaced a few Linux servers with Windows. I'm not 
in a place to influence those choices.

But in my own world I'm mostly Linux. I save a lot of money going Open source 
too. 



David C. Lane
 





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From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at opengroupware.us>
To: mdlug at mdlug.org
Sent: Thu, January 20, 2011 9:46:20 AM
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Linux push an economic phenomanon?

On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 05:30 -0800, Art Dries wrote:
> I'm trying 2 reason out how this grassroots effort is considered
> mainstream now. Could it be that a slow economy,

No, it was already mainstream well before the "great recession".  VMware
is LINUX, so is/was TiVo, etc...  Basically every flat-screen TV is
running LINUX.  Apache has had the majority of the web-server market for
a *long* time, pre-2000, let along pre-recession.

> increasing cost of propriatary software, and an abundance of cheap
> hardware made it an obvious choice? Or is there a less cynical reason?

It works, which is an obvious reason.

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