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Weblog:   To push desktop Linux, radical shift may be required
Subject:   RE: To push desktop Linux, radical shift may be required
Date:   2003-11-14 21:06:56
From:   sidboyce
Progress on that front may not be as swift as some would like, but it's happening. I have a colleague who asked to borrow my SuSE CD's for an install. I thought it was for his company laptop, but a few weeks later I got a thank you call, saying that his wife loves it, she's able to do her photography work, plus all the other usual things a computer is used for without having crashes and losing hours of work. That lady is no techie and her husband is no Unix guru, but somehow they figured Linux would be the answer - they didn't even ask me what camera software was available. They have now bought a copy of SuSE Professional.
Linux has proliferated under it's own worth in the gold virtues of stability, security and usability - contrary to daily news items. No glitsy multi-million dollar TV ad campaigns and it continues to sell itself by reputation. There is more of it about than you'd think, ask the OTHER guy with the worried look that talks the worried talk (postcode Redmond), he's seen the future.