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To: David Howe who wrote (63790)	12/18/2001 3:49:17 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

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To: David Howe who wrote (63790)	12/18/2001 6:13:41 PM
From: dybdahl	Respond to of 74651

Software for children is probably more popular in English-language countries since the market is bigger. There are a few local software titles for Windows, but most of them share the common feature, that they make Windows very unstable if you install them. Most people I know with PCs at home and children below 10 years don't install software specially designed for that age, and most kids above 10 years go with Counter-Strike, Grand Theft Auto 3, Tribes 2 etc. Your argument "I went to a shop and they didn't sell software for Linux" misses the whole point of this discussion. Message 16800310 My guess is that in 2002, we will start to see ordinary computer shops selling desktop Linux PCs for consumers, and in 2003 it will have a decent market share. Counting in the number of old PCs that will be upgraded from Windows 95/98/NT4 to the latest Linux versions, this will increase the market for commercial Linux consumer software a lot. Some people will now have the experince, that almost noone uses Linux. And some people will now have the experience that I have - that many people have had a look at Linux, and that the number of people who are trying to make the switch increases all the time, especially since Red Hat Linux 7.2. Red Hat Linux 8.0 will definitely be much better still - the rate of improvements still impresses me, even after using Red Hat Linux since version 5.0 and seriously since 6.0. The amount of improvement the last two years have been incredible and the next two years will persuade almost everybody that Linux is as good a desktop OS as Windows, better in some areas, worse in some other areas. Wait and see.

To: David Howe who wrote (63790)	12/19/2001 9:48:01 PM
From: Thomas C. Kimmel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

>>> The point is that whenever I go to CompUSA, Toys R Us or any other mainstream store that sells software for children, there are ZERO applications that run on Linux. <<< Most of the "applications" that my 8 year old runs are on the PS2. When he uses the computer for applications, they run in the browser. I bought Win95 and Win98 systems primarily so that my kids could play games on them. That is not an impetus any more. And thank Bog. I have lost enough evenings to de-installing and registry cleansing.