In article , The Natural Philosopher
scribeth thus
On 31/07/15 10:24, fred wrote:

I feel the same way about Linux. In global terms its such a minority
interest. If it was so wonderful it would be cock of the walk by this
time so why would a neophyte wish to get involved with an operating
system with such a small user base.

Dunno. Not much of a user base for a Lamborghini either, but I'd take
one for free...

Wasn't much of a user base for DOS either till IBM built their PC.

Incidentally the whole desktop PC thing is in a state of collapse.

Have noticed these days that the desktop has been replaced with a
portable laptop especially with sales staff at quite a few firms we
visit....

Most all running WIN 8 ....

Of course since most mobiles, routers and servers are based on Linux,
you could argue that its got a higher user base than windows.


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Tony Sayer