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From: Adam Flinton
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.
>
I used to be in the same position but now I know more people who use linux
as their primary OS than OSX.
Adam
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