OT - IDC Explains Linux Went Right
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Apr 14 17:43:50 UTC 2008
Michael Leone wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net>
> wrote:
>>
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/11/idc-explains-linux-went-right
>>
>> "*IDC RESEARCHERS* reckon that the Linux market will be worth almost $50
>> billion by 2011."
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> "Now if only they could drop ridiculous code names like Gutsy Gibbon and
>> Loquacious Lemur, they'd be home and dry. ยต"
>
> Heh. But it is true .. in a corporate environment, it's a lot more
> professional to say 'I'm running Ubuntu 7.10" rather than "I'm running
> Gutsy Gibbon" ...
Except that what is released to the "corporate environment" doesn't
_have_ "ridiculous code names".
--
derek
More information about the kubuntu-users
mailing list