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Never.


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Yep...
Just as I predicted.

As the Windows 7 roll out day comes closer, Linux will sink even
further off the radar than it is and all the FUD from the Linux
freetards won't make a bit of difference.

Sink further off the radar?
Ahaha HAH ahhaha HAH ahaha HAhhahah HAh ahaha ....

Oh, you were serious?

Ahaha HAH ahhaha HAH ahaha HAhhahah HAh ahaha ....

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Rick

Rick stated in post XXXX@XXXXX.COM on
10/4/09 9:03 AM:




What percent of computer users do you think could name, say, 5 facts about
Linux?

Shall we pretend you will do anything but run from that question? Even you
know the percent would be tiny...




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[INSERT .SIG HERE]

May I trouble you to be more specific with your "prediction"?

Let me give you some background:-
In the Summer of 2004, a sypathiser of yours, a chap calling himself
amicus_curious, predicted that "within 5 years", the entire of FOSS would
just be history. This was in a different forum, but in another post to
that forum (to be fair to him) he did say that his "prediction" applied
primarily to Linux rather than FOSS as a whole. A few weeks ago, I pointed
out to him that his "prediction" seemed not to have come about, in that
Linux seemed to have moved on the desktop (and using the usually-quoted
sources) from about 0.4% to 1.0% over the period. Rather than admit that
he was wrong, he claimed that this just showed that he was right, because
Linux desktop was still insignificant!

Now, may I ask you to define what *you* mean, so that there will be no
misunderstanding between us at some future date(s)?
Do you simply mean that there will be much talk about Windows 7 in the
months ahead (in which case I must agree with you!), or do you mean that
Linux user share will decrease?

If the latter, may I trouble you for you actual, numerical, predictions in
both % and time?

On 2009-10-04, the following emerged from the brain of Moshe Goldfarb:


Nah. Windows 7 has, just like any other version of Windows, nothing to
offer to those already using GNU/Linux as their operating system.
Nothing will change. Windows will still be pre-installed on virtually
every machine sold, and GNU/Linux will still serve its audience like
it has always done.

On the desktop that is. As a server GNU/Linux has nothing left to
prove.

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Questionable day.

Ask somebody something.

Let's see the exact quote and link, Mr Gruff. For some strange reason,
Linux "advocate$" often interpret and remember things differently than
normal people.

"Linux Advocate"? Me?
Nay, just a poor Joe six-pack, speaking as he finds :-)

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*Silly* *Goose* !
Microsoft is the market leader by a wide margin in the personal computer
desktop client platform software business, with only Apple's in-house
business yet to capture. The OSS effort is very unlikely, given the time
proven precepts of product marketing, to ever be any kind of factor. Even
after the 5 years of support from IBM, it has only managed to glean a 1%
penetration level and has never generated a profit for anyone.

As it *** izes its unix base, there will be fewer and
fewer "volunteers" available to answer the call to arms when a new
development is needed to match some commercial offering. Time will tell,
but I give it less than another 5 years before it disappears for good.
Posted by: amicus_curious Posted on: 06/10/04
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(He said "less than 5 years", but I was saying 5 years to give him the
benefit of the doubt)
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