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a 30-day run on Ubuntu; actually they finished the run and wrote up 11 pages
about it! (its well worth the read :)

For those who want to skip to the conclusions, see the last page.

CK

On 3/5/07, Jonathan Carter <jonathan at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> From:
> http://consumer.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTI5OCwxLCxoY29uc3VtZXI=
>
> """
> Complaining about Windows Vista is a national past time on Internet
> forums these days. Windows Vista "costs too much," "has onerous product
> activation," "requires too much hardware," etc. These complaints are
> often followed up by a very simple boast: "I'm just going to switch to
> Linux (or Mac)."
>
> But in today's landscape, how viable is that statment? Is the threat to
> switch to Linux an empty one, or is it entirely possible? Linux on the
> desktop has been viable for years, especially for programming gurus who
> can solve their Linux problems by simply writing new software. It also
> seems to be viable for "Mom and Pop" end-users who just want a machine
> to write letters, send email, and browse the Web (although, admittedly,
> a guru will probably have to set it up for them)
> """
>
> -Jonathan
>
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