Technogory

There was an Open Letter that was forwarded to me, more out of amusement than seriousness, by a colleague.  I read it, and get what is being requested.  It doesn’t mean I agree, or think it warrants any time and effort by Canonical.  Further, right now Mr. Shuttleworth and his investment in Ubuntu should be considered a blessing.  Given the fact that at least in the world of technology I frequent, RedHat is not gaining much foothold, Novell SLES is considered the standard, and Ubuntu is that desktop that lot’s of folks are messing with!

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We have been hit with many blogs about the year of the desktop Linux, Apple beats Linux on the desktop, Linux beats Apple, Window’s wins desktop share, and on and on. It really wears you out to hear all of the opinions. Of course, numbers are used to tell the respective stories - but remember, “liars use numbers and numbers don’t lie!” The real question is, how does any alternate desktop displace Windows hold on medium to large business?

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Wow, take a little vacation, come back, and get inundated with stupid worthless emails! Everyone has been through this mess, you go on vacation and come back and BAM! About a bizillion emails! How did the world continue to function with me off-line? Nothing like taking a trip to the mountains and dumping everything electronic. Yeah, I had my laptop - but didn’t touch email, pagers, or phones.

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