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Re: Linux on the desktop, take 2



 On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:49:12 -0400 (EDT) 
[hidden email] wrote: 

> So, is it ready for the desktop? Yes. Are people ready for it? Not without 
> some a likable face, a solid reason to switch, and an easy way to get 
> there. I'm imagining an HP ad where someone like Robert Downey jr, as Tony 
> Stark, says "You could use Windows... but I prefer solid engineering and 
> reliability, that's why we use HP with Linux pre-installed at Stark Labs." 

I am wondering if you are making an oblique comment on the postings 
concerning the anti-open-sourse stance of Marvel Comics' "Invincible Iron Man"? 

URLs: 

   http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/15/0037211
    
   http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15905

-- 
R. Luoma 

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