<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4551"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4550">Here's a quick research on the google search </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4549"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4541"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4548">"Linux is taking over the world"<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4530"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4379" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4381" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4383" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4385" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4387" class="">I like this article with some cold hard facts about the reasons</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4389" class="">Linux will is taking over:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4391" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4393" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4395" class="">"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4397" class="">The primary drivers behind this idea of desktop Windows displacement are:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4399" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4401" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4403" class="">1) Interface - People don't like Windows 8.x.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4405" class="">2) Price - People are tired of the constant hardware, software, and OS upgrade cycle.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4407" class="">3) Security - People are tired of viruses, malware, and hacks.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4409" class="">4) Loss - People are tired of losing data when a disk crashes or a device is stolen.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4411" class="">5) Battery Life - Mobile users need longer battery life.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4413" class="">6) Usability - More versatile than a tablet. Less cumbersome than a laptop.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4415" class="">7) Browser-based - The future of software is SaaS.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4417" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4419" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4421" class="">"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4423" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4425" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4427" class="">from</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4429" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4431" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4433" class="">http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-is-about-to-take-over-the-desktop-but-not-like-you-think-it-will/</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4435" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4437" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4439" class="">-------------------------------------------</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4441" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4443" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4445" class="">an from wiki</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4447" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4449" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4451" class="">...'In August 2010, Jeffrey Hammond, principal analyst at Forrester Research, declared, </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4453" class="">"Linux has crossed the chasm to mainstream adoption," </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4455" class="">a statement attested by the large number of enterprises </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4457" class="">that had transitioned to Linux during the late-2000s recession. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4459" class="">In a company survey completed in the third quarter of 2009, </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4461" class="">48% of surveyed companies reported using an open-source operating system.[2]...'</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4463" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4465" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4467" class="">from </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4469" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4471" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4473" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_adoption</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4475" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4477" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4479" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4481" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4483" class="">--------------------------------------</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4485" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4487" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4489" class="">Here are a few more links to Linux taking over the world:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4491" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4493" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4495" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4497" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4499" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4501" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4503" class="">http://www.itworld.com/article/2844225/will-2015-finally-be-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop.html</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4505" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4507" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4509" class="">http://www.itworld.com/article/2844225/will-2015-finally-be-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop.html</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4511" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4513" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4515" class="">http://www.techrepublic.com/article/2015-will-be-the-year-linux-takes-over-the-enterprise-and-other-predictions/</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4517" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4519" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4521" class="">http://phys.org/news/2014-06-linux-quiet-revolution-microsoft.html</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4523" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4525" class=""></div><div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4527" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4529" class=""></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4377"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4376"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4589"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4588"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4587"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> SCALE Planning List <scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SCALE Planning List <scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 15, 2015 10:07 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Scale-planning] Local News Hookup<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4375"><br><div id="yiv4214436861"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4374"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4373">I can. I come from a family of Lawyers, Judges, and Civil Servant Workers. I'm pretty adept at speaking with with politicians in general.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Jeff Fredericks</div><div>james@trailblazers.tech</div></div><div class="yiv4214436861gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4597"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4214436861gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4596">On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:47 AM, SCALE Planning List <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org">scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv4214436861gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4595"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv4214436861yqt6069307610" id="yiv4214436861yqt30380"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4594">One of my best friends is Kevin Smith, business editor of the San Gabriel Valley News. His office is right on Colorado Blvd near the Convention Center, and he seems to hang out with a lot of politicians and business leaders in the area.<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4593"><br clear="none"></div><div>I've mentioned Scale to him a couple of times, and tried to explain that Linux is taking over the world; who else can talk to him about the importance of this conference? Can we arrange for him to interview some of the speakers, especially the keynotes?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450204808487_4599">I'll send him the link to the website for starters. </div></div></div>
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