TOM WALKER wrote in a message to CHARLES ANGELICH:

CA>For the most part M$ ignores Linux.

 TW> Actualy in the Server markey they are looking over their Shoulder.

That's funny,  as it seems to assume that m$ has the lead in the server
market,  and they don't.  Not by a long shot.

 TW> BUT YES in the Home market they hacve nothing to even be concerned
 TW> about.

Yeah they do.  Do a web search some time on "Halloween Papers" for example.

 TW> That is why I think Linspire is a good IDEA. IF it would make any 
 TW> inroads it would be soemthing for them to Worry about. AS would 
 TW> any other distribution of LINUX that really took the Uniniated 
 TW> Home Market seriously and put out a REAL Beginners edition.

This assumes that the home market as m$ has defined it is where it's at,
and what should be targeted,  and I'm not so sure that this is the case.

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