IT Job creations... IT job losses?

[Peter L. Peres]

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:

> responsive by pre loading many of the DLLs that Office uses when Windows is
> started so that when a user launches Excel, it just appears as opposed to
> grinding away for 22 seconds (I timed it) before the user sees a
> spreadsheet. Koffice looks promising because it is tightly integrated with

Small nitpick: OO is written in Java afaik, and most of the time is spent
by the Java hulk stepping out of its package(s). If OO would be written in
C++ and statically linked (shudder) it should come up at about disk speed,
assuming the right optimizations are used, just like Excel on M$.

> So, is Linux ready for the desktop? My answer is "It depends." For the
> average user who just types letters, uses e-mail, uses a browser, and maybe
> uses spreadsheets, using decent hardware, sure. We have replaced green
> screen terminals, and Windows and Mac OS desktops with Linux desktops and
> no one has gone back but, we have been careful to not oversell Linux.

So who is the average user who is not so average and what apps does he
need that requires M$ ?

Peter
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