[NTLUG:Discuss] Open Source

[Kenneth Loafman]

Spicerun wrote:
> Fred wrote:
>> I was trying to tell someone about "open source" computing 
>> and they wanted to know why I didn't do something about
>> those open sores.
>>   
> Yeah, like we've never heard that before.
>> Linux has a long way to go before the Great Unwashed can use 
>> it unassisted. Not that it is a bad thing...
>>   
> Actually, It doesn't have that far to go.  The Great Unwashed seem to 
> get along pretty good with Ubuntu...so they tell me.
> 
> Seriously, I hope everyone on this list takes Linux more serious than 
> this.  Otherwise, I don't see it advancing much more than it has.

Many years ago I committed to replace 100 Windows systems with Linux
systems, both at work and for friends.  Its been a battle in some cases
and a real pleasure in others, but I made it and kept on going.  If we
all did the same thing, we could make progress.

Word-of-mouth advertising is the most potent form of advertising.

...Ken