__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Wednesday 10 January 2007 17:02 \__
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2076561.xQmBX4edqc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> __/ [ amosf © Tim Fairchild ] on Wednesday 10 January 2007 13:02 \__
>>
>>> Aunty Diluvian wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:58:27 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Cutthecosta.com Releases New Travel Utility for Windows and Linux Users
>>>>>
>>>>>,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| The conversion of the program from Windows to Linux was surprisingly
>>>>>| easy - it took about 30 minutes, we don't really understand why other
>>>>>| companies don't release their programs simultaneously on both
>>>>>platforms.
>>>>>| Not releasing to Linux makes no sense!
>>>>>`----
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/9332.html
>>>>
>>>> It's commonly known that if you drive your new Mercedes only in the
>>>> better parts of the city, it is less apt to get damaged, or more
>>>> precisely, stolen.
>>>>
>>>> When you face a greater risk when driving in the less affluent
>>>> urban areas (slums), most common sense drivers will tend to
>>>> drive out of their way to avoid them.
>>>>
>>>> In the same vein, software manufacturers will tend to stay away
>>>> from the areas that pose the greater threat (software piracy)
>>>> and concentrate on the more stable, paying clientele.
>>>>
>>>> That's Linux. ie. (slums, software pirates)
>>>> vs Windows, ie. (affluent, paying clientele)
>>>
>>> Yeah, right. There's no piracy in the windows world :)
>>>
>>> Opps, that's right. Essentially all pirating is done by windows users,
>>> duh...
>>
>> Common fact of life:
>>
>> Windows is popular among the rookies---those who don't know better.
>> Educated
>> people can comprehend, appreciate and handle Free software. Thus, it is,
>> at
>> least at present, the affluent people who use GNU/Linux. Don't believe me?
>> Look at Google. Then, go to countries where Windows is prevalent and find
>> that over 90% is pirated.
>
> Aunty's arguments are flawed, and are very well addressed by Ewok's
> post. However, I don't think it's true to say that the affluent "prefer"
> FOSS either. To take your argument, look at the countries which are
> traditionally considered "affluent" (e.g. those in North America) and those
> that are typically considered not affluent (e.g. India, Africa, the poorer
> parts of Asia, etc.), and consider where Linux is primarily used and
> Windows is more primarily used.
You are correct in this assessment. I was going to erase that whole sentence
which used (reused rather) the word "affluent". That said, I have yet to
meet a person who chooses Linux because of cost though". I only know (at
last) one such person.. one who confirmed this... he's 17-year-old whom I
know from Digg and Netscape, so budget (Allowance) tends to be limited.
* It's all abour Free, as in "Freedom". It's also about functionality,
security, and so forth.
> More realistically, I think there is no correlation between affluence
> and and preference for or against Windows/Linux. In the rich countries,
> some people like Windows, some people like Linux. In the poor countries
> without a thriving piracy market, people use Linux is they have computers
> at all, since they cannot afford Windows. In poor countries *WITH* a
> thriving piracy market, some people like Windows and some people like
> Linux.
>
> (And now I expect someone to take the above paragraph, claim Linux has
> 3
> points and Windows has 2, and therefore Linux "wins". ;))
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