__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 19 March 2007 11:39 \__
> On Monday 19 March 2007 11:21 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Dell, Linux... and Mark Shuttleworth
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | It turned out that the "community" wanted PCs installed with GNU/Linux.
>> | As of today, 113,556 individuals have said Dell should offer the top
>> | three distributions out of the showroom; another 78,300 want
>> | OpenOffice.org installed as an alternative to Microsoft Works or
>> | Microsoft Office. They've all registered and logged in to make these
>> | demands - so they have expended some time on it.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | The crowd who want GNU/Linux out of the showroom are the ones who are
>> | getting their feet wet for the first time. The ones who don't know how
>> | to use the MadWifi drivers or ndiswrapper to set up a wireless card.
>> | The ones who can't figure out how to get the nVidia drivers to work
>> | properly. They are far from fussy - if every device on that new box
>> | works with the GNU/Linux supplied by a vendor, they will just go
>> | home and start using it happily. Is it then so difficult for a
>> | vendor like Dell to offer GNU/Linux (any distribution) on a line of PCs?
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10569/1090/
>>
>> Many onservers assume that those who request Linux systems are those
>> already capable of installing Linux on anything.
>
> In fact Roy, many assume that it is people like us, cheering from the
> sidelines and "voting" 100 times each, and that not a single one of us will
> ever buy a single machine with Linux installed or "installable":-)
Yes, exactly my point. :-) I was hoping to show here that folks like my
parents, who are technophobes by the way, are very much willing to say
farewell to the trouble-generating PCs they have at the moment. I know some
people who dread visiting family and friends because they know it will
involve 'maintaining' their PC. Free servicing... only if your time (or a
loved one's time) is worthless.
How many people do you know who use nothing but Windows and at the same time
love Linux? They are just waiting until it's there at the showroom, ready to
be used with some commercial backing (and dedicated hotline).
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