On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:21 PM, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > While that might be true, the reality of the situation is different. > Until you can provide a seamless drop-in replacement for Windows that > does not require a change in work-flow habits learned over the course > of, for some, many years such a switchover will _never_ happen en masse. I don't think it's going to happen en masse, but I think it is happening. As more and more of computer usage goes to the Web (for non-power users, which are the majority) it becomes easier and easier to accept something other than Windows. I think, for example, the Asus running MeeGo is going to be more successful than Asus' previous Linux netbooks because folks are getting used to using Android and iOS on the Internet. They are beginning to think of the web browser as a replacement for the desktop. I think Google's ChromeOS *might* have been a success, had they not over-priced the machines -- but, personally, I want local storage. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.6