Re: The Linux Hole

Hi Dr. Syd,

Apologies to you. I posted a reply before reading this one of yours. I
concur with you on this.

Jan.

Dr. Syd Nicholson wrote:

From: Jan Megannon <jmegannon@intekom.co.za>

I think you are correct on the architecture of Oops Nav, but IBM
has to ask themselves how many customers run Linux instead of
Windoze. That percentage is way down (maybe less than 5%) so
the cost of having two versions of Oops Nav would be too great.

If IBM take this approach they have a self fulfilling prophesy. If Oops Nav
only works in windows, IBM is, for all intents and purposes, preventing
their customers from totally implementing Linux. Why implement Linux if
Windoze is still required as an operating system.

If IBM created a Linux friendly client, I believe they would see many more
Linux implementations amongst their customers. In addition, they would
confirm their belief in Linux as a viable operating system.

Syd Nicholson

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