sounds good but overly optimistic. Patents, patenst, IP and other legal stuff will be a hangover for Free Software.
Also there will only be a switch to GNU/linux and Free Software if the there is a clear and present cost advantatge. So that the company's that work with GNU/Linux are working a lot cheaper then company who use Microsoft.
Now I don't think that GNU/Linux is a lot ceaper. Maybe a little bit but not a LOT.
However I think Longhorn/shorthorn could be the brick on wich Microsoft will finly stumble.
For the Free Software people. This is the time to prove your self. You have until 2006 to make the market share of GNU/Linux jump to 5 a 10 %... Else the lockin of Microsoft will be to great!
I hope and believe that Free Software will become mandatory
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Posted by: Enquest on August 30, 2004 07:04 PMPatents, patenst, IP and other legal stuff will be a hangover for Free Software.
Also there will only be a switch to GNU/linux and Free Software if the there is a clear and present cost advantatge. So that the company's that work with GNU/Linux are working a lot cheaper then company who use Microsoft.
Now I don't think that GNU/Linux is a lot ceaper. Maybe a little bit but not a LOT.
However I think Longhorn/shorthorn could be the brick on wich Microsoft will finly stumble.
For the Free Software people. This is the time to prove your self. You have until 2006 to make the market share of GNU/Linux jump to 5 a 10 %... Else the lockin of Microsoft will be to great!
I hope and believe that Free Software will become mandatory
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