[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same
time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is
at such a tipping point right now and the result will be millions
of Linux-powered PCs in users’ hands.“The first change was the continued maturation of desktop Linux.
Today, no one can argue with a straight face that people can’t get
their work done on Linux-powered PCs. Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, MEPIS,
OpenSUSE, Xandros, Linspire Mint, the list goes on and on of
desktop Linuxes that PC owner can use without knowing a thing about
Linux’s technical side. People can argue that Vista or Mac OS X is
better, but when Michael Dell runs Ubuntu Linux on one of his own
home systems, it can’t be said that Linux isn’t a real choice for
anyone’s desktop…”