On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:02:13 -0500, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:27:41 -0600, Stephan Rose wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:53:25 -0500, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:26:56 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Some say that Microsoft might have no choice but to 'fork' XP, as in
>>>> have two routes for it -- a broken one (Vista) and a maintenance
>>>> release like SP3. In any event, Linux keeps evolving very quickly.
>>>> Most Microsoft customers are still stuck with an O/S from the days I
>>>> was a teenager.
>>>
>>> So?
>>>
>>> What effect does this have on the Linux community?
>>>
>>> You have had your chance with Windows ME which was a disaster. Then
>>> you had Windows XP which didn't get updated for like 8 years or
>>> something? Now you have your chance with Windows Vista.
>>>
>>> See a pattern here?
>>>
>>> I doubt it.
>>>
>>> The truth is Linux, despite being free, is still well below 1.0
>>> percent of the desktop market while OSX is climbing.
>>>
>>> Why is that?
>>>
>>> Why can't a free operating system gain market share?
>>
>> Because people in the Market do not install or buy operating systems.
>> They buy "a computer" and use whatever comes on it. Most people are
>> completely oblivious as to what the it is they are actually using. As
>> long as they can click a little pretty button and their pictures come
>> up or their music plays they are happy. They don't care about how or
>> why this happens nor would most ever be able to even comprehend.
>>
>> The people that actually install their own operating systems, be that
>> windows or linux, are a mere fraction and not nearly enough to tip any
>> scale in any direction on either end.
>>
>> The only way *any* operating system is ever going to displace windows
>> any significant amount is by massive pre-installed distribution through
>> the retail channels.
>
> So how do you explain these "millions of downloads" of various Linux and
> Open Source programs we see posted here all the time?
I did not make those posts nor did I make those claims, therefore I can't
explain something I have no information about.
>
> The fact is, people try Linux and people dump Linux just as quickly.
Actually fact is, people don't even know what it is. People don't try
anything, they run what came on their computer pre-installed.
I did however have a co-worker at my office tell me about her computer at
home, windows me machine still, that was completely messed up. She was
wanting to buy a new computer instead for like $599 that would have had
Vista on it.
So I made a suggestion to her. Since she wasn't using her current
computer for anything (it was in no usable state with all the malware and
crap on it) and since she was planning on buying a new computer anyway
and throw that one away...why not try Ubuntu on it? Nothing to loose so
why not try?
So, next day she brings it in. I install Ubuntu on it. You know what
happened to her plans to buy a new Vista computer? They went down the
drain. She's perfectly happy now with her machine and saved herself quite
some money.
So that is one person who tried Linux and the only thing that was quickly
dumped was the idea of buying a Vista computer.
On that note, the other week she comes to me and actually mentioned one
of her relatives also running Ubuntu now after having heard about it from
her.
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Stephan
1986 Pontiac Fiero GT
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