[Gllug] BBC: Battle of the operating systems

[Jason Clifford]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Thomi Richards wrote:

> Anyway, I guess what I'm *trying* to say is that (IMHO) Linux and OSS
> will succeed, one way or another.. I think we need to be careful how we
> get there..

"will succeed"? 

We've already succeeded - Linux has massive penetration in the server 
market (as does *BSD) and Linux has also gained a percentage of the 
desktop market. 

All of that however is a poor measurement of success. Real success is that 
a Linux system can do what you want and you are happy using it.

The only thing that is lacking for me is a decent small business 
accounting package suitable for specific national markets. The available 
offerings are either too limited or require too much resource commitment 
and are inflexible (a major failing in a Free Software product).

To date I have got by with a basic system I wrote myself however it no 
longer meets my needs so I've been looking for a decent and comprehensive 
system with an API I can use to post transactions to it. No such luck!

Jason
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