[plug] [link] Happy GNU year

[Chris Caston]

What about a round-up of how many companies, governments and schools etc
switched (even if just partly) to Linux?

Chris

On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 11:04, Leon Brooks wrote:
> Here's a nice roundup of 2002, and a warm fuzzy for 2003:
> 
>     http://ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=188
> 
>     This year has proven most interesting for GNU/Linux. While there
>     were not any amazing surprises, there were numerous events that are
>     noteworthy for review. The upshot to all of this is that most of what
>     happened was good overall for the Free Software community.
> 
>     [...]
> 
>     The Zaurus seems to have fulfilled the promise of a powerful GNU/Linux
>     PDA, attracting interest from a wide array of pundits and purchasers
>     alike. In fact, yours truly is writing on the said device right now.
>     On a side note, the Zaurus SL-5500, which will be replaced with the
>     5600 in early 2003, won the best Innovation award in the Open for
>     Business Open Choice awards in July. 
> 
>     [...]
> 
>     In all, it may not have been a perfect year for GNU/Linux, but in my
>     opinion, the successes far outweigh the failures. All indications seem
>     to suggest that 2003 might just be even better
> 
> Cheers; Leon
> 
>