waterskidoo <water.skidoo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2007-08-12, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Well, what is the "public"? Surely, iPhone is for a niche. Can Google's phone
>> address the needs of /everybody/? It's a little like the distro debate. Not
>> everyone requires the same functionality or can bear the same
>> size(scale/capacity)/design.
>
> A product that people wait in line for is not a niche product.
> Granted most people will never NEED all the features of an iPhone
> but that doesn't matter because it is a marketing thing.
> IOW people WANT the iPhone.
> Will they WANT the Linux phone?
>
>
>> At the end of the day, there is no 'perfect phone'. You could argue that most
>> people use Windows XP, so it must the perfect desktop operating system, but
>> that's where you have other factors to consider. Are people offered choice? Is
>> there lock-in?
>
> People don't care about lock in.
> Bloggers care about lock in.
> People care about gadgets and what is kool.
> It's like saying to someone, 'you know that American flag you
> put on your porch on 4th of July is made in China?'
> They don't care.
>
>
>> While we have lock-in (plenty more to come with XPS/XAML/OOXML), the choice
>> factor is being addressed. Large OEMs stock Linux laptop and desktop PCs.
>
> But who is actually buying?
> Linux savvy people or average everyday people?
> Why doesn't Dell for example have an advertising campaign for
> their Linux systems?
> Their "back to school" advertisements are all over the toob in USA
> now.
> All Windows Vista.
> Why is that?
> These are the questions that need to be addressed.
>
Correct. I have pointed this out many times. If the likes Roy and Mark
Kent spent more time advocating Linux and stopped screaming "Windows
sux" into the faces of bemused Windows users then they might just get a
message across. As it is, most people shrug and say "It works for me,
why on earth should I change?".
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