<div>While I see more *nix folks, I also see more computer savvy folks in general, so I'm not sure the proportions have necessarily changed.</div>
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<div>I also can count the number of "normal" (non-IT) home users using linux on 1 hand, still. I don't see evidence of *nix making serious inroads into the average consumer market.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 29, 2008 5:52 AM, Tremaine Lea <<a href="mailto:tremaine@gmail.com">tremaine@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>I think you'd have to admit that strength is diminishing. I run into a<br>heck of a lot more people running linux (usually Ubuntu) these days than<br>I did even 5 years ago. While Windows has been pre-eminent for a long<br>
time, a growing segment of people are tired of the security maintenance<br>and pains that come with running it, and are willing to tolerate lapses<br>in some areas if it means they aren't constantly having to worry about<br>
webpages and emails causing them to lose all their data and Reinstall<br>Yet Again (tm) I think there is a kind of battle weariness on the part<br>of the average pc user when it comes to Windows, and getting them to try<br>
something new to provide a break from it is remarkably easy.<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>--<br>Tremaine Lea<br>Network Security Consultant<br>Intrepid ACL<br>"Paranoia for hire"<br></font><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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