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January 5, 2005 Leave a comment
The LinuxQuestions.org Reviews section just got a shiny new code upgrade. It's the first in a series of code upgrades that will be making there way through LQ. You'll notice that not a ton has changed on the frontend. Don't fix what isn't broken and all that. One noticeable difference is that you can now include screenshots with your distribution reviews. Have fun!
–jeremy
January 4, 2005 Leave a comment
A couple followup thoughts on this. The article does make one very good point that I forgot to mention. From the article (Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols talking):
And so does open source in 2005. No, you may not be running a Linux desktop at year's end. But I'm willing to bet that most of you will be running at least one open-source program on your desktop and that in the back-office you're going to be running open-source applications on Linux servers.
The revolution has arrived.
Yes! While I have been switching many “non-computer geeks” to Linux on the desktop, I recommend OpenOffice.org and Firefox (amongst some other apps) to everyone. I've yet to have someone come back to me with problems. Kudos. Also, on the topic of “mainstream”, the one time I can say I really felt that Linux was hitting the mainstream was when I saw it mentioned on the Chappelle show (which could not be less IT related). Went something like this:
“If they give you a Windows disk, tell them we only run Mac. If they give you a Mac disk, tell them we only run windows. IF they give you both, tell them we use linux. And if they give you all three, tell them the computers are down.”
I had to rewind my TiVo to make sure I heard it correctly. We're well on our way. As Steven said, The revolution has arrived.
–jeremy
January 4, 2005 1 Comment
Gotta love analysts! IDC has now proclaimed that Linux is mainstream. From the article:
IDC analyst Al Gillen recently said that “Linux is no longer a fringe player. Linux is now mainstream.”
A fluff piece to be sure and not a lot of context there. And while it's great to see things like this in main stream media, analysts never cease to crack me up. Linux hasn't been a fringe player in the server market for a long time now. If they mean the unwashed masses, then I still get the “what is that Linux thing? Does it run in Windows” often enough to think that Linux is still not a household word for those people who are not interested in computers. So, maybe they meant that Linux is now mainstream in IT. That seems obvious though. Oh well, welcome to the big time Linux – you really have grown up. The other interesting item in the article was the projection that Linux-related revenue would be $35billion by 2008. WOW. That's a lot of cash…even for Redmond.
–jeremy
January 3, 2005 Leave a comment
Voting for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members' Choice Awards has been open for just over 72 hours now and we already have just shy of 10,000 votes cast. Keep the votes coming in and make sure to let us know ASAP if we are missing your favorite project in any category. Some extremely close races seem to be in store. Should be interesting.
–jeremy
January 2, 2005 Leave a comment
Asa has posted a graph of the firefox download numbers. It's great to see that the NYT ad did indeed have a noticeable impact on the download numbers. I think the intangibles from the ad far outweigh the shear number of downloads, so IMHO the ad was a win. Great to see.
–jeremy
January 1, 2005 11 Comments
If there is anyone left who would like a Gmail account, post in this thread and I'll send you an invite. I still have at least 6 to spare…
–jeremy
January 1, 2005 Leave a comment
On behalf of LinuxQuestions.org I'd like to wish everyone (well, everyone using the same calendar as me) a happy new year! We have many things in store for 2005, but those can wait ;) For now, enjoy the new year and recover from last night.
–jeremy
December 30, 2004 Leave a comment
Voting for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now open. We had a great turnout last year and this year looks to be even better. Good luck to all those up for an award!
–jeremy
December 29, 2004 Leave a comment
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include an update on LQ Radio, LQ hitting 150,000 members, the 2004 LQ Members Choice Awards, sponsoring the upcoming Linux Desktop Summit, LWE Boston and some general Linux news.
–jeremy
December 28, 2004 Leave a comment
I'm looking for feedback on the categories for the upcoming 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards. Competition was pretty stiff last year, and I expect a couple of great races this year. Are we missing anything?
–jeremy
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