[BLU] Re: So Linux isn't ready for the desktop yet, eh? (fwd)

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Thanks for posting this.
> However, one should remember that Unix was used by secretaries at Bell Labs
> long before there was a Windows or a Mac.
> David Kramer wrote:
> >
> > The employees of the city of Largo, FL haven't seemed to have any
> > trouble:
> >
> > http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/10/1441239
> --
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
> http://www.blu.org

Someone else on the list I got this from subsequently pointed out that the
office was previously running large UNIX boxen, and were already doing X
to the desktops.  So this was not a situation where Linux replaced Windows
in an entire office as the article would lead you to believe.

It's still cool that they got everybody bought into it and it's working,
though.

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