Re: The Linux Hole

[Jan Megannon <jmegannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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