__/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Sunday 18 June 2006 07:07 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>> They would also have to explain to millions of customers who *got* the
>>> Facts, why they were doing such a thing.
>>
>> Precisely. In the corporate market, it is rather hard to stock and promote
>> two competing products. It is defeating the purpose as one seems to
>> compete with oneself. When one brand is abandoned or forced exit from the
>> market, that's when an alternative can be introduced, at the expense of
>> the -- shall we call it -- predecessor. Windows has not yet been weakened
>> sufficiently, so this will not happen any time soon.
>
> They would also have to figure out how to incorporate added value (read
> vendor lock-in) into their linux product.
[being cynical:]
I suppose they could port Microsoft Office and Windows Media Player to Linux
(they have done this for Apple in the past) and include it in binary form on
their own distribution alone. They could go with the slogan "Better Linux
than Linux". That said, I believe this would violate the GPL, much as in the
case of a Compviz/XGL Live CD. So there are barriers...
Best wishes,
Roy
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