"YKhan" writes:

I'm still not convinced by Linux on the desktop yet, but this seems
like it might be getting closer. It's probably pretty important that
people move out of Windows before Vista arrives and they get stuck.

(1) I've been convinced by Linux on the desktop for a decade now.
Generally when people point to the applications that they need
Windows for (no. 1: Word), they're talking about exactly the
applications that sent me screaming in horror a decade ago. And
they've only gotten worse since.

(2) The Windows people I know are already so stuck that Vista won't
make a difference.
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