The Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC) announced their first conference today, hosted at Boston University’s Corporate Training Center (BUTrain) located just outside of Boston, Massachusetts in Tyngsboro on November 10, 2003. The conference marks the group’s first event that brings together industry leaders to share their insights and discuss the trends, technologies, and solutions that are driving the next generation of desktops based on Linux.
Desktop Linux Consortium Announces Boston Area Conference
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why ? this is just a waste of time and money.
if people want linux on their desktops then they should install it and have a mess around on it.
a consortium will just try and impose its own views about how thinks should look and how things should act
bad idea
“why ? this is just a waste of time and money.
if people want linux on their desktops then they should install it and have a mess around on it.
a consortium will just try and impose its own views about how thinks should look and how things should act
bad idea”
Most people use athe same OS at home and work. When a there are millions of corporate linux users there will be millions more home users. Linux may have hundreds of millions of desktop users in another 5 years – especially in developing countries.
Most people use athe same OS at home and work. When a there are millions of corporate linux users there will be millions more home users. Linux may have hundreds of millions of desktop users in another 5 years – especially in developing countries
I’m not sure that’s completely a good thing.
Just a note… I happen to live in northern MA and Tyngsboro isn’t just outside Boston. It’s actually on the border with New Hampshire, about 40 miles north of Boston.
I’m not sure that’s completely a good thing.
Why would this not be a good thing?
Finally something not in freaking California, that I can attend.
Carter
I may go to this one as its just down the road from me
Linux may have hundreds of millions of desktop users in another 5 years – especially in developing countries
I’m not sure that’s completely a good thing.
Why would this not be a good thing?
Because just about all of the ‘hundreds of millions’ of desktop users who would be using Linux are currently using Windows – the same people that will run anything that promises them nude pics of Anna Kournikova. Though they will be slightly more protected on Linux, a combination of determination and social engineering will render any of Linux’s security advantages null and void. After all, there’s only so much you can do to protect lemmings.
Also, remember … to the corporate scum, these users are nothing more than ‘consumers’ and wherever the consumers go, the commercial bastards will follow. So, if you’re ready bloated apps and spyware in Linux, the best way to get it is to attract more users.