Re: Spinoff: Using Linux for work? was RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies

[Sean Wheller <sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za>]

On Thursday 15 September 2005 22:15, Bruce Byfield wrote:
> A considerable amount. It was more on the server side than the desktop,
> though.

Take one hour and look at the activity statistics for projects at Source 
Forge. As an example look at GAIM (all platforms IM)
http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=235&ugn=gaim

Ho hum, those numbers are enough to make my toes curl into a fist.
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