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2004: Year of the Penguin?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we've-heard-that-before dept.

houseofmore writes "The Toronto star suggests that things are looking good for the Linux desktop this year as more heavy weight commercial vendors get behind it, including HP, Novell, IBM, Sun and... Walmart. It also mentions Red Hat's plan to offer a new corporate desktop edition of their enterprise desktop sometime this year. The article states that more and more companies are considering (and) switching to Linux for their desktop due to expensive Windows licensing fees and high-profile security vulnerabilities."

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  1. Will it ever end? by FreemanPatrickHenry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Previous headlines in the Toronto Star:

    4/2003: "2003: The Year of the Penguin?"
    4/2002: "2002: The Year of the Penguin?"
    4/2001: "2001: The Year of the Penguin?"
    4/2000: "2000: The Year of the Penguin?"
    4/1999: "1999: The Year of the Penguin?"

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    1. Re:Will it ever end? by illuminata · · Score: 4, Funny

      That'd really fuck up the Chinese calendar if those headlines came true.

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    2. Re:Will it ever end? by good(k)night · · Score: 3, Funny

      or maybe it should be:

      1/4/2004: "2004: The Year of the Penguin?"
      1/4/2003: "2003: The Year of the Penguin?"
      [..]

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    3. Re:Will it ever end? by francium+de+neobie · · Score: 5, Funny

      Toronto Star posts it every year

      Slashdot posts it every month

      Slashdot wins!

    4. Re:Will it ever end? by general_re · · Score: 4, Funny
      1999 is the Year Of The Penguin. And 2002. And 2003. But 2001 apparently wasn't, for some reason.

      2000 was also the Year Of The Penguin, but that turned out to be a bad thing...

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  2. Sounds Familiar by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, we were wrong in 2001, 2002, and 2003, but we really mean it this time.

    I hope it does happen this year though.

  3. I've heard this since about 1997 or so. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Maybe we'll get 'em next year." - Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Sacramento Kings, and Linux.

  4. so, logically... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 5, Funny

    if the penguin weighs the same as a duck, it's made out of wood, and therefore...?

  5. I thought the "Year of Linux" was 2003 by iCharles · · Score: 3, Funny

    No...wait...it was 2002. I'm sorry--I mean 2001. One of these years Linix will dominate...

  6. I'll try my "year of linux" joke again by usurper_ii · · Score: 3, Funny

    And this time people, this is a joke and not a troll!!!

    This is a friendly note from the law office of Bezos & McBride (no relation, really) in representation of the SCO Corporation. SCO would like to inform you that it holds the trademark to the term "Year of Linux." Please cease and desist the use of the term without acknowledgement of the trademark. If you wish to continue using this term, please contact SCO to discuss licensing terms.

    Thanks you,

    Law Office of Bezos & McBride
    D. McBride
    J. Bezos

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  7. How to tell if it's "The Year of the Penguin" by V_drive · · Score: 5, Funny

    With all the confusion about whether or not a particular year is "The Year of the Penguin," I thought I'd volunteer a simple method you can apply to decide for yourself.

    If it is January through May: this year
    If it is June through December: next year

    Try it for yourself and you too may become an industry expert and visionary.

    [warning: this post contains high degrees of sarcasm and may not be suitable for all readers]

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  8. Re:Training Costs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Training guy: That's interesting, because OpenOffice.org can do all those things, and users on different platforms and different versions can use those features together. And, since OpenOffice.org uses well-documented open file standards, you can expect that these features will continue to work well on future versions, too. Oh, and if there are any other features you can imagine, you can add them.

    Luser: I want to suck your dick.