Hadron Quark wrote:
> guess <manic.bassman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:08:38 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>
>>> guess wrote:
>>>
>>> < snip >
>>>
>>>> yes all very well... but when I was in Johannesburg back in April, I
>>>> deliberately went into some computer shops to see what the state of
>>>> things was there hardware wise etc. and found that no-one in them had
>>>> even heard of Ubuntu or Linux...
>>>
>>> Your choice of computer-shops seems a little odd
>>
>> I was in Johannesburg and decided to see what the scene was re Linux...
>>
>>>
>>>> Joe Public isn't going to know Linux is even available as it isn't in
>>>> the shops or mainstream computer press.
>>>
>>> Again, it is *your* choice not to look too closely.
>>> Here you can't enter any computer shop which hasn't linux available
>
> Clearly Peter doesn't live in Germany then.
>
> My local computer shop does not have it.
>
> Neither do two of the biggest HW retailers . Saturn and Media Markt.
>
> Or he is lying again.
Saturn and Media Markt are siblings of the same group
And I have yet to enter any of those without some linux offerings
*All* of them sell linux distros, most often found are SuSE and Redhat,
often also Mandrake
You can't enter a magazine shop (even very small ones) without linux
specific magazines. My preferred shop (because it is nearby) is very small,
but has 5 different linux magazines. They would not if they don't sell them
You can't enter any bookstore with a section of IT books which does not have
a sizeable number of linux specific books. The "Gutenberg bookstore" in
Mainz for example has more than 100 linux titles available, and sells 4
different linux distros too
>>> And you can't enter a magazine shop without *several* linux magazines.
>>> And the non-linux magazines report often enough about linux and even
>>> include CDs/DVDs with linux
>>
>> hey, Smiths in UK have cut their rack space down and the Linux magazines
>> have been squeezed out. The mainstream magazines are too busy extolling
>> the virtues of Vista and are not going out of their way to upset the
>> advertisers who pay for the majority of the magazine...
>>
>>>
>>> And I would think it really strange if it were different in SA
>>
>> personal experience. I actually checked for myself.
>>
>
> Anyone with any sense knows you to be correct. Negligible amounts of
> people use Linux at home. Unfortunately the zealots in this newsgroup
> fail to admit this and so limit their "advocacy" to bashing their arch
> nemesis Microsoft as opposed to describing the advantages of using a
> well support Linux distro like Ubuntu.
>
Another fine "true linux advocacy post" from the "true linux
advocate", "kernel hacker", "emacs user", "swapfile expert", "X specialist"
and "CUPS guru" Hadron Quark
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