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Strategies & Market Trends : Cents and Sensibility - Kimberly and Friends' Consortium

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To: swisstrader who wrote (61592)	1/12/2000 10:01:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) of 108040

Interesting linux comments from Clearstation thread...... From : dholland Jan 12 2000 6:19PM Replying To : JAGJR (post 106) Title : Linux and the future - one opinion Larry Augustin had a great spot on CNBC and I think hit the nail on the head. The growth of this company is going to be dependent a great deal on the growth of eCommerce. LNUX has a pretty good offering but they are going to get some heavy competition from players that do essentially the same thing - Dell, Compaq, etc. I think the larger companies are sort of in 'me too' mode right now. They are not going to invest a great deal of money in the Linux thing until they 'see' the money in it. When the money does shop up there I think they will step in hard. Dell hasn't enjoyed the kind of growth they had a year or so ago and this would be one _simple_ way to get a boost - if it happens. The spread of Linux to the desktop is going to be dependent on the so called 'Killer App' showing up - namely something like Office. Think about it - most home users flip the computer on, do some email, compose some documents, and manage their finances. There needs to be a value add to go through the hassle of embracing a new OS. Also, most people bring work home - so someone needs to solve the compatibility issue. KDE has some stuff that looks real good, a few other offerings also look good. I personally think that the desktop market isn't going to landslide very quickly. Power users are going to move sooner because UNIX offers them more control and that is a value add to them. The moms and dads of the world are more interested in turning the machine on and simplifying their life. UNIX is a MUCH better OS to have handling your eCommerce work and the cost makes sense for lowering the bottom line. The increased complexity of setting these systems up is being simplified by the increase in UNIX expertise. There are some security issues that will need to be resolved but the fact remains that Linux is just more efficient and cost effective to solving small to medium sized eCommerce challenges. . . in my humble opinion. dano

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