Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 20:27:15 07/01/02
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On July 01, 2002 at 20:00:29, Christophe Theron wrote: >On July 01, 2002 at 17:52:18, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On June 30, 2002 at 23:59:59, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>[snip] >> >>> Christophe, writing this under... Linux!!! :-) >> >>Woo!! :) I will save your post as HTML, will convert it to PDF, will save it to >>a floppy, my HD, a CD and a DVD. And I will make a printout. In fact several >>printouts, and will hand copies to all my friends and family members. Just for >>future reference! :) >> >>Sargon > > > >You can. :) > >If you want my opinion Linux is the only future of computing. > >I have been thinking about this since several years now, and I can see no other >alternative. > >If it's not Linux it will be some other free, open source OS. But Linux is on >the right track and I can't see how it could fail. > >Solutions like the Windows OS are, in my opinion, a DEAD END. Countdown is >running. > >Today I might look like an idiot: when I read the statistics of >www.chesstiger.com for example, I see that less than 1% of my visitors are using >Linux. So what's my point? > >My point is that I believe that people will finally understand that having only >one company controlling the OS of 99% of the computers on the planet and >controlling almost all the software running on it is definitely unacceptable. > >It will take some time because only computer-educated people will be able to >grab the idea. The other ones have no idea about what's happening behind the >scenes and already have enough trouble using computers, they are just unable to >think any deeper and understand. So it will take at most a generation. > >There are many more reasons why something like Linux will win in the end >(superior design, no cost, total transparency, no dependance on another company >to fix bugs critical to your own business and so on...). > >I'm currently considering offering the latest version of Chess Tiger for free to >Linux users (binaries only) and to provide updates in the future so Linux users >can have the most up to date version constantly. I'm not sure I will do it (and >I'm not sure I CAN do it legally), but I want to contribute something to this >OS. I feel I have to. > >It is the future of computing. Write this down Daniel, and we will talk about it >again in ten years. > > > > Christophe I have formed the similar opinion that as a matter of principle, both the OS and browser ought to be open source.
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