[Fsf-friends] Reports on FSF-India activities

[Annamalai Gurusami]

Ramanraj K <ramanraj@md4.vsnl.net.in> writes:

> But, the last paragraph needs a reply:
> 
> <quote>
> However, he [Martin Fink] adds that while open software may provide
> solutions in the enterprise sector, the Linux desktop is ≈ unlike
> Windows ≈ not mature and adds that it is ``an area where hype is
> ahead of reality by orders of magnitude''.
> </quote>

But Linus himself has stated very recently (at Australia) that "while
Linux is well deep into the server space and market, the home desktop
will take 5 to 10 years to be equally competitive with other
solutions."

[since I was quoting I couldn't change that to GNU/Linux]

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5707
http://tinyurl.com/37fnk

When Linus tells "normal users" I guess he is having people like my
brothers and sister (doctors) in mind.

Rgds,
anna

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