John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:38:14 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
><newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Australian state snubs Linux and Vista for 100,000 PCs
>>
>>,----[ Quote ]
>>| Talk about new desktop operating systems may be at an all-time high,
>>| but the government of Australian state Queensland has no intention
>>| to progress from the six-year-old Windows XP for more than 100,000
>>| computers to be purchased over the next three years.
>>`----
>>
>>http://www.techworld.nl/idgns/2963/australian-state-snubs-linux-and-vista-for-100000-pcs.html
>>
>>More parts of Australia do not seem to be satisfied with Vista.
> It seems like every other day I hear the same story...some school,
> some country, some government or state agency..........either ignoring
> Vista or moving to Linux.
>
> The Win drones will tell you this isn't happening, because Microsoft
> tells them all is fat and fuzzy.
>
> I think, however, that this movement by government to adopt Linux (or
> reject Vista) is what Microsoft fears most of all. We're talking about
> a humongous number of desktops here.
>
> ...and then there's the big corporations
> ...and then there's the home users
>
> ...and then there's China and when it catches on there...watch out !
>
True, but these Queensland people seem to be buying another set of XP
instead of migrating to something which works. I'm sure the internal
resistance to Linux will be high - all those people who survive by
rebooting and reinstalling windows boxes, all those people who survive
by installing anti-virus patches - well, they're all being paid for by
the tax-payer, and you don't need to pay for it any more. Once the
public realise that a few millions could be saved, they'll get
interested.
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