Re: Linux on TV

[Damion Yates <nospam [at] rd.bbc.co.uk>]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Paul Sims wrote:

> Anyone up about at 06:45 this morning would have been treated to an
> article on BBC 1's Breakfast News (the Business section) on the rise of
> Linux. MIcrosoft is alleged to have missed the boat again, having failed to
> realise that the next big thing is software for mobile phones etc. You
> can only put Windows on a PC, quoth the interviewee, then went on to
> demonstrate Corel Linux as the future of desktop computing ......Linux is
> achieving dominance on the desktop was perhaps a trifle overstating the
> case, but hey - Penguin Power on morning telly! What next - Linus on Blue
> Peter?

Was that on a Sony Vaio? The guy I demo'ed linux to on The Money Programme
has been trying it out. He'd have mentioned StarOffice too it if was the
same guy.

Damion

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