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2003: Year of Linux in Asia?

Posted by michael on from the it's-nice-to-have-dreams dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The Register has a story about traveling to a magical country where seeing Linux laptops displayed in stores is perfectly normal. The author then goes on to predict that this year will see much more desktop action coming not from Red Hat or Euro-Distros, but from China and India. Makes sense to me."

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  1. Year of Linux? by Exiler · · Score: 4, Funny

    I feel so sorry for the newborns this year...
    "I'm was born in the year of the dragon!"
    "I was born in the year of the bull!"
    "... Iwas born during the year of the geeks..."

    --
    Banaaaana!
    1. Re:Year of Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      All of those are better than being born in "Year of the Cock". :-(

    2. Re:Year of Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I was born in the year of the Kernel Panic

  2. Yup, right by Spackler · · Score: 4, Funny

    1995^H^H^H^H

    1996^H^H^H^H

    1997^H^H^H^H

    1998^H^H^H^H

    1999^H^H^H^H

    2000^H^H^H^H

    2001^H^H^H^H

    2002^H^H^H^H

    2003 The Year that Linux takes over the desktop!

    Where have I heard this??

    1. Re:Yup, right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You should learn to use ^W. It deletes entire words at a time, much more efficient than typing all those ^Hes.

  3. correction on the new year by MoceanWorker · · Score: 4, Funny



    last I checked.. 2003 is going to be the Year of the Goat

    since when was linux an animal?

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    "The ones who dont do anything are always the ones who try to pull you down" -- Henry Rollins
    1. Re:correction on the new year by moosesocks · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, no no....

      2003 will be the year of the Gnu/Penguin (goats and Gnus are interchangable anyway...)

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      -- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
  4. Axis of evil by George+Walker+Bush · · Score: 3, Funny

    Many of these Asian countries are part of the axis of evil, and will stop at nothing to destroy everything good the West stands for. I urge all geeks to be responsible and not let their efforts unwittingly aid terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Thank you.

    --
    George W. Bush
    President, United States of America
  5. Welcome to the new world order by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I rarely make predictions. Heck, I am not all that sure I'll wake up tomorrow morning,

    Spoke like a true white guy running around the streets of Jordan.