Re:Gotta have solitare :) (Score 2)

I know this post is largely intended to be funny but I have often wondered how significant solitaire has been as an app to gain ground in the corporate workplace. Specifically, solitaire seemed to be the application that got people who would not normally consider themselves "computer users" onto a machine. Maybe I am dating myself a bit, but I remember when most people were afraid of computers and begrudging learned how to work on them. Solitaire seemed to be the application that EVERY secretary I knew would play, and over time their fear of the computer vanished without their ever realizing it. I don't know if solitaire could help in the "app war" that would have to be won in order to gain ground in the corporate desktop environment, but I do think that applications of the "solitaire" type are necessary to make any headway at all. For my money, Alias Wavefront has recently ported a 3D app called Maya to Linux which has helped us more Linux on more workstations than ever before. Personally, I don't know that the patient is "dead" as the article points out. I would certainly agree that there is cause for concern, but I don't think the verdict is quite out yet. At least, I hope not. Bruce