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To: Doug B. who wrote (681)8/17/1999 6:11:00 PM
From: ynot  Respond to of 1794
 
doug, on the business side, linux and java/other thin client may reduce the client requirement for windows as well
on the other hand it may not be necessary to load linux on clients
calculations of projected revenue posted earlier may not have taken this into consideration
legacy systems, ERP, etc...may also not be able to be moved to linux and have clients based on windows, java, etc...
this implies either a considerable 'switch over' period or a market lockout for linux in general, RHAT of course is part of linux market
has anyone addressed this aspect of the market dynamic?
ynot ;)



To: Doug B. who wrote (681)8/17/1999 6:50:00 PM
From: Eric Sandeen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1794
 
Doug -

There is AOL IM software for Linux - look at the 2nd "myths" page I posted earlier. It's called GAIM. AOL also had an open Java client which has now been yanked as a result of the Microsoft feuding over IM.

I'm not aware of an AOL login client. When that appears, I'll know that Linux has truly reached the masses. :-)


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