[wellylug] PC World Poll

[Don Jones]

Howdy

There is a PC World quick poll going on at

http://www.pcworld.co.nz/

Asking:
Do you plan to upgrade to Windows XP:
With these results to date.
ASAP
18%
In the next 6 months
18%
Sometime ... not really any killer features to get me out of bed
30%
Never, because I hate Product Activation
16%
Never, because I'm a Penguin Head and/or credible mainstream IT professional who's made a valid business decision to deploy Linux
17%

Some of us may like to cast a vote and make a comment, and possibly help some of the less enlightened computer users out there in the NZ public consider the alternatives.

also in regards to the open letter to the government -  here is an intresting article about one of the signees of the letter ( http://www.openz.org ) getting reprimanded by their company for not towing the M$ party line, its at:


http://www.computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/91C74FE771E1CB0ACC256AE8000BEC46!opendocument

Don

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