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| subject: | Re: Linux more popular desktop than Apple? |
From: Chris Robinson
Me.
Alan Cairns wrote:
> On 24/06/2003 2:15 PM, in article 3ef8be83$1{at}w3.nls.net, "Adam
Flinton"
> wrote:
>
> > Joe Barr wrote:
> >> http://slate.msn.com/id/2084727/
> >>
> >> Flipping the Switch
> >> Linux's new popularity may hurt Apple more than Microsoft. By
Paul Boutin
> >> Posted Monday, June 23, 2003, at 2:04 PM PT
> >>
> >> In the latest of his legendary keynote stage shows, Steve
Jobs kicked off
> >> Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this morning in San
Francisco by
> >> showing off the company's speedy new aluminum G5 desktop Mac. But while
> >> listing the new machine's impressive specs, Jobs left out a related,
> >> eye-popping statistic: Business Week columnist Alex Salkever
dropped the
> >> bomb last week that next year, "Linux should pass Apple
in market share
> >> for desktop operating systems on computers."
> >>
> Funny. I know lots of people who run Macs as their primary platform. I
> don't know anyone who runs Linux as a primary platform.
>
> Alan
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