The hidden places where Linux dominates

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where-linux- dominates-923626 http://goo.gl/RsMXL <quote> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in the distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks to look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media streamers and routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock Exchange and to provide in-flight entertainment for thousands of travellers. And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone noticing. </quote> -- Big Brother is watching ... so are we

Robin T Cox <nomail@nomail.net> wrote: > http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where-linux- > dominates-923626 > http://goo.gl/RsMXL > <quote> > While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in the > distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks to look. > It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media streamers and > routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock Exchange and to provide > in-flight entertainment for thousands of travellers. > And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone noticing. > </quote> We don't know who struck first - us, or Linux. But we know it was us that scorched the sky.

On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: > http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where-linux- > dominates-923626 > http://goo.gl/RsMXL > > <quote> > While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in the > distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks to look. > It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media streamers and > routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock Exchange and to provide > in-flight entertainment for thousands of travellers. > > And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone noticing. > </quote> It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. For instance, my ATT UVerse DVR runs WinCE. My wife's iPhone runs iOS. My SlingBox doesn't run Linux/OSS. And in case you hadn't heard, the London Stock Exchange does NOT run on that Unix/Linux-based Millenium system http://www.londonstockexchange.com/products-and-services/millennium-exchange/technicalinformation/technicalinformation.htm And what's this bullshit about a "fight for desktop dominance"? How can Linux fight on the desktop when it can't even be given away? When the best office suite it has is OpenOffice? Another failed Robin T. Cox post.

DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote: > On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: > > http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where-linux- > > dominates-923626 > > http://goo.gl/RsMXL > > > > <quote> > > While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in the > > distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks to look. > > It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media streamers and > > routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock Exchange and to provide > > in-flight entertainment for thousands of travellers. > > > > And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone noticing. > > </quote> > It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the > blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. > For instance, my ATT UVerse DVR runs WinCE. My wife's iPhone runs iOS. > My SlingBox doesn't run Linux/OSS. My D-Link DAP-1522 wireless bridge: Running: Linux 2.4.X OS details: Linux 2.4.18 - 2.4.32 (likely embedded)

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: > On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where-linux- >> dominates-923626 >> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >> >> <quote> >> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in the >> distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks to >> look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media streamers >> and routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock Exchange and to >> provide in-flight entertainment for thousands of travellers. >> >> And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone noticing. >> </quote> > > > It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the > blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with 25% and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating systems. Ios at 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. > > For instance, my ATT UVerse DVR runs WinCE. My wife's iPhone runs iOS. > My SlingBox doesn't run Linux/OSS. > > And in case you hadn't heard, the London Stock Exchange does NOT run on > that Unix/Linux-based Millenium system > > http://www.londonstockexchange.com/products-and-services/millennium- exchange/technicalinformation/technicalinformation.htm > > > > And what's this bullshit about a "fight for desktop dominance"? How > can Linux fight on the desktop when it can't even be given away? When > the best office suite it has is OpenOffice? > > > > Another failed Robin T. Cox post.

On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: > >> On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >>> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where-linux- >>> dominates-923626 >>> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >>> >>> <quote> >>> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in the >>> distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks to >>> look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media streamers >>> and routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock Exchange and to >>> provide in-flight entertainment for thousands of travellers. >>> >>> And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone noticing. >>> </quote> >> >> >> It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the >> blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. > > According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with 25% > and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating systems. Ios at > 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. raytard, I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us.

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: > On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: >> >>> On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where- linux- >>>> dominates-923626 >>>> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >>>> >>>> <quote> >>>> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in >>>> the distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks >>>> to look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media >>>> streamers and routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock >>>> Exchange and to provide in-flight entertainment for thousands of >>>> travellers. >>>> >>>> And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone >>>> noticing. </quote> >>> >>> >>> It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the >>> blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. >> >> According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with >> 25% and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating systems. >> Ios at 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. > > > raytard, > > I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us. I didn't say Symbian is Linux - stop trying to put words into my mouth. With Andoid showing 25% it certainly outranks IOS PLUS Windows Mobile. Symbian is at least Open Source, as I said.

In message <8qmjbhFpvcU3@mid.individual.net>, ray wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: > >> On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: >>> >>> According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with >>> 25% and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating systems. >>> Ios at 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. >> >> I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us. > > I didn't say Symbian is Linux ... DFS seems to do that a lot.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:59:14 +0000, ray wrote: > I didn't say Symbian is Linux - stop trying to put words into my mouth. > With Andoid showing 25% it certainly outranks IOS PLUS Windows Mobile. > Symbian is at least Open Source, as I said. I guess DFS is so anxious to drool into COLA that he forgets to read what he's responding to. Symbian started its life with Psion. Nice little PDAs. Still own a few of these. -- RonB Registered Linux User #498581 CentOS 5.5 or VectorLinux Deluxe 6.0

On 1/30/2011 8:59 PM, ray wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: > >> On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: >>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: >>> >>>> On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >>>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where- > linux- >>>>> dominates-923626 >>>>> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >>>>> >>>>> <quote> >>>>> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in >>>>> the distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks >>>>> to look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media >>>>> streamers and routers. It's being used to fuel the London Stock >>>>> Exchange and to provide in-flight entertainment for thousands of >>>>> travellers. >>>>> >>>>> And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone >>>>> noticing.</quote> >>>> >>>> >>>> It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the >>>> blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. >>> >>> According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with >>> 25% and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating systems. >>> Ios at 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. >> >> >> raytard, >> >> I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us. > > I didn't say Symbian is Linux - stop trying to put words into my mouth. So why did you mention it? The title of the post is "Linux dominates". > With Andoid showing 25% it certainly outranks IOS PLUS Windows Mobile. > Symbian is at least Open Source, as I said.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:37:10 -0500, DFS wrote: > On 1/30/2011 8:59 PM, ray wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: >> >>> On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: >>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >>>>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where- >> linux- >>>>>> dominates-923626 >>>>>> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >>>>>> >>>>>> <quote> >>>>>> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in >>>>>> the distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one >>>>>> thinks to look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, >>>>>> media streamers and routers. It's being used to fuel the London >>>>>> Stock Exchange and to provide in-flight entertainment for thousands >>>>>> of travellers. >>>>>> >>>>>> And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone >>>>>> noticing.</quote> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the >>>>> blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. >>>> >>>> According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with >>>> 25% and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating >>>> systems. Ios at 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. >>> >>> >>> raytard, >>> >>> I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us. >> >> I didn't say Symbian is Linux - stop trying to put words into my mouth. > > So why did you mention it? The title of the post is "Linux dominates". > So glad you asked. The reports are that Nokia plans to start using MeeGo to replace Symbian. MeeGo (a successor to Maemo) is indeed Linux based. It seems not unreasonable to expect MeeGo to pick up the Symbian market share. Seems quite likely that Linux may indeed have 75% of the market shortly. > > >> With Andoid showing 25% it certainly outranks IOS PLUS Windows Mobile. >> Symbian is at least Open Source, as I said.

On 1/31/2011 11:38 AM, ray wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:37:10 -0500, DFS wrote: > >> On 1/30/2011 8:59 PM, ray wrote: >>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: >>> >>>> On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: >>>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >>>>>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where- >>> linux- >>>>>>> dominates-923626 >>>>>>> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <quote> >>>>>>> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in >>>>>>> the distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one >>>>>>> thinks to look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, >>>>>>> media streamers and routers. It's being used to fuel the London >>>>>>> Stock Exchange and to provide in-flight entertainment for thousands >>>>>>> of travellers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone >>>>>>> noticing.</quote> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the >>>>>> blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. >>>>> >>>>> According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with >>>>> 25% and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating >>>>> systems. Ios at 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. >>>> >>>> >>>> raytard, >>>> >>>> I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us. >>> >>> I didn't say Symbian is Linux - stop trying to put words into my mouth. >> >> So why did you mention it? The title of the post is "Linux dominates". >> > > So glad you asked. The reports are that Nokia plans to start using MeeGo > to replace Symbian. The title of the post is "Linux dominates", not "Linux will dominate". So why did you mention it? > MeeGo (a successor to Maemo) is indeed Linux based. > It seems not unreasonable to expect MeeGo to pick up the Symbian market > share. Seems quite likely that Linux may indeed have 75% of the market > shortly. > > >> >> >>> With Andoid showing 25% it certainly outranks IOS PLUS Windows Mobile. >>> Symbian is at least Open Source, as I said. >

DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> writes: > On 1/31/2011 11:38 AM, ray wrote: >> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:37:10 -0500, DFS wrote: >> >>> On 1/30/2011 8:59 PM, ray wrote: >>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >>>>>>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where- >>>> linux- >>>>>>>> dominates-923626 >>>>>>>> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <quote> >>>>>>>> While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in >>>>>>>> the distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one >>>>>>>> thinks to look. It's being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, >>>>>>>> media streamers and routers. It's being used to fuel the London >>>>>>>> Stock Exchange and to provide in-flight entertainment for thousands >>>>>>>> of travellers. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And it does this without ceremony and, mostly, without anyone >>>>>>>> noticing.</quote> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's only your *claim* that Linux dominates those areas. Like the >>>>>>> blithering idiot 7, you can't provide any reasonable evidence. >>>>>> >>>>>> According to Gartner, the Q3, 2010 smartphone sales show Android with >>>>>> 25% and Symbian with 37% - at least 62% open source operating >>>>>> systems. Ios at 17% and Windows Mobile at 3%. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> raytard, >>>>> >>>>> I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us. >>>> >>>> I didn't say Symbian is Linux - stop trying to put words into my mouth. >>> >>> So why did you mention it? The title of the post is "Linux dominates". >>> >> >> So glad you asked. The reports are that Nokia plans to start using MeeGo >> to replace Symbian. > > The title of the post is "Linux dominates", not "Linux will dominate". > > So why did you mention it? The auld duffer has landed himself in the soup again and is splashing around like a drowning fly once more.

Verily I say unto thee, that ray spake thusly: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:37:10 -0500, DFS wrote: >> On 1/30/2011 8:59 PM, ray wrote: >>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: >>>> I missed the part where Symbian is Linux. Show us. It is as far as Microsoft is concerned. When Ballmer sneered that "Linux is a cancer", "Linux infringes 235 Microsoft patents", "60 percent [of servers] run Linux ... so I don't like it", and "Linux is Microsoft's number one competitor", he wasn't talking about a kernel, or even GNU, he was talking about "Open Source". Frothing lunatics like DFS and Ballmer don't make the distinction, it's all just "non-proprietary" software, or more pertinently - not Microsoft monopolyware. >>> I didn't say Symbian is Linux - stop trying to put words into my >>> mouth. >> >> So why did you mention it? The title of the post is "Linux >> dominates". > So glad you asked. The reports are that Nokia plans to start using > MeeGo to replace Symbian. MeeGo (a successor to Maemo) is indeed Linux > based. And even then, Sybian is still Open Source, and Open Source dominates everywhere outside the desktop. DooFy is just clutching at straws. Again. >>> With Andoid showing 25% it certainly outranks IOS PLUS Windows Mobile. >>> Symbian is at least Open Source, as I said. It seems clear that if the desktop ever dies, so too will Microsoft. I certainly hope so, anyway. And the cause will most likely be Open Source and Free Software. /That's/ the point. Call it Linux, call it Symbian, call it Mary for all I care, the result will be the same regardless: an end to Microsoft's reign of terror. -- K. | Ancient Chinese Proverb: http://slated.org | "The road to Hell is paved with Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on sky | ignorant twits who know nothing kernel 2.6.31.5, up 38 days | about GNU/Linux."

Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > It seems clear that if the desktop ever dies, so too will Microsoft. I > certainly hope so, anyway. And the cause will most likely be Open Source > and Free Software. /That's/ the point. Call it Linux, call it Symbian, > call it Mary for all I care, the result will be the same regardless: an > end to Microsoft's reign of terror. Reign of error? -- Your lover will never wish to leave you.

On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:43:49 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > >> It seems clear that if the desktop ever dies, so too will Microsoft. I >> certainly hope so, anyway. And the cause will most likely be Open >> Source and Free Software. /That's/ the point. Call it Linux, call it >> Symbian, call it Mary for all I care, the result will be the same >> regardless: an end to Microsoft's reign of terror. > > Reign of error? Touche!

On 1/31/2011 5:44 PM, Homer wrote: > Call it Linux, call it Symbian, > call it Mary for all I care, the result will be the same regardless: an > end to Microsoft's reign of terror. You're extremely deluded and ignorant if you think MS is going to die off in your lifetime. They long ago reached the status of "too important to fail"; the US Govt would bail them out in a heartbeat. You scum-sucking cola twerps can rejoice over every little MS misstep until the day you die, but there's no doubt whatsoever that they will outlast every one of you.

DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote: > On 1/31/2011 11:38 AM, ray wrote: >> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:37:10 -0500, DFS wrote: >> >>> On 1/30/2011 8:59 PM, ray wrote: >>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:09 -0500, DFS wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 1/30/2011 6:08 PM, ray wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:08 -0500, DFS wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/30/2011 1:24 PM, Robin T Cox wrote: >>>>>>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-hidden-places-where- >>>> linux- >>>>>>>> dominates-923626 >>>>>>>> http://goo.gl/RsMXL >>>>>>>> [...] > The title of the post is "Linux dominates", not "Linux will dominate". Linux dominates you. It compels you to waste your life here attacking it and defending M$. > So why did you mention it? To watch you squirm again. [...]