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Current Newswire: Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing Perl far from dead, more popular than you think Microsoft Exchange alternatives Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag Could Microsoft switch to Linux? Red Hat Virtualization Manager for Windows Only? Creating Ebooks with Sigil Editor's Note: Making Multi-Channel Firewire Music With Linux Amaya: A Simple, Yet Useful Alternative to Dreamweaver Windows 7 Sales Up, But is it Really a Hit? UNIX System Administrator - SUN Solaris, Veritas, EMC, Shell Scripting, SAN (NYC) Next Step Systems US-NY-New York Post A Job | Post A Resume NewsForge: Does Linux Really Need a "Killer App" to Succeed? Dec 27, 2004, 23 :30 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (6400 reads) (Other stories by John Knight) "In the late 1990s, we thought Linux needed a 'killer app' that would make general PC users view Linux as a necessity the same way they first viewed Windows as a necessity due to Microsoft Office. However, a new direction in open source adoption seems to be emerging that might require a re-think and a change in our perspective. "Many popular open source programs like the GIMP, OpenOffice.org, MPlayer, and VideoLAN now natively support Windows instead of only supporting Linux. With the old way of thinking, having these great applications only available on the Linux platform would be the way to draw users to Linux. Now, thinking seems to have shifted..." Complete Story Related Stories: NewsForge: The Future of Linux Multimedia(Oct 05, 2004) ConsultingTimes.com: Killer Applications for Open Source (May 07, 2001) LinuxPlanet: Editor's Note: Reinventing the Wheel, Openly(Jan 16, 2001) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Killer App???    JaseP Dec 28, 2004, 01:36:24     Linux is Killer App    Stomfi Dec 28, 2004, 01:40:47     Really Mixed Up Article..    Matthew C. Tedder Dec 28, 2004, 08:40:10     KILLER or just the best NORMAL applications?    Dandy Dec 28, 2004, 11:49:53     Re: KILLER or just the best NORMAL applications    bbb Dec 28, 2004, 15:14:52     Killer by Distribution    Eric Brown Dec 28, 2004, 15:17:15     Re: KILLER or just the best NORMAL applications    paleo Dec 28, 2004, 16:03:43     Who do you want to kill today.    Lars Dec 28, 2004, 17:57:03     The Killer App is ,,,,,,,    F. Love Dec 28, 2004, 23:14:05     Re: KILLER or just the best NORMAL applications    ap Dec 30, 2004, 21:04:12     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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