On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:19:33 -0700, George Graves wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:54:03 -0700, Moshe Goldfarb wrote
> (in article <1r54qjzhdzo5w$.4kjm9awmygh2.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:47:28 GMT, Canuck57 wrote:
>>
>>> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:1aim6cnnfxba7$.xbad57tltpnb$.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:46:15 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2008-05-16, Ezekiel <a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/15/line-for-boston-apple-store-stretche
>>>>>> s-four-city-blocks/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <quote>
>>>>>> Oh, hello there. I'm patiently waiting for the new Boylston Street
Apple
>>>>>> Store to open here in Boston. Did I need to show up four hours
early?
>>>>>> Probably not, but I just can't resist sitting in an outdoor food
court
>>>>>> while
>>>>>> pigeons buzz within inches of my fragile body. Seems nobody told
them
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> the food chain and how humans are atop said food chain. Anyhoo, you
>>>>>> might be
>>>>>> interested to know that the line for the grand opening of the Apple
>>>>>> Store
>>>>>> stretches a country mile! Four city blocks to be precise.
>>>>>> </quote>
>>>>>
>>>>> ...while you are too busy taking a swipe a Linux over this you are
>>>>> interestingly enough ignoring the fact that this sort of thing
doesn't
>>>>> happen over Microsoft products anymore. The sort of excitement that
>>>>> a new Microsoft product launch used to generate is now being
generated
>>>>> by Apple instead.
>>>>
>>>> Pretty much true as Vista is turning out to be less than exciting.
>>>>
>>>>> ...not such a bad thing overall.
>>>>>
>>>>> [deletia]
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux loses nothing if Apple does well.
>>>>
>>>> Sure it does.
>>>> Why aren't all those people jumping ****p to Apple going to Linux
instead?
>>>> Linux is free.
>>>> Apple is not.
>>>>
>>>> THAT is the question which needs to be answered.
>>>>
>>>> When you have a free product, Linux, and a potential pool of unhappy
>>>> customers (Vista users), why are these customers ready, willing and
able
>>>> to
>>>> pay big money for Apple vs migrating to Linux for free?
>>>>
>>>> IOW what is it about Linux that keeps average Joe from using it?
>>>
>>> If Linux isn't anything to worry about, how come Microsoft spends so
much
>>> in
>>> anti-Linux FUD? The internet abounds with stories like:
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/15/ms_slush_fund_provides_big/
>>
>> Microsoft is afraid of Linux on servers, ****table devices, embedded
etc.
>> And they should be.
>> They have nothing to fear about desktop Linux.
>>
>>
>>> And you can't count in sales the downloads of Linux. I give out FREE
DVDs
>>> to anyone that asks. Those will not even be on the download counters.
>>
>> How many are still using it after a few days, or more realistically,
hours?
>> People try Linux and they dump it just as fast.
>> Few stick with Linux.
>>
>>> And HP goes the distance producing printer drivers for an OS no one
uses.
>>> Right.
>>
>> Why not?
>> HP is a huge company that makes very large machines too so they already
>> have the infrastructure in place to do so.
>> More icing on the cake.
>>
>> The BBC decided the Linux market at 0.8 percent wasn't enough to build
in
>> sup****t for their multimedia player.
>>
>>> You are right, Linux looses nothing if Apple wins. In fact, Apple is
BSD
>>> UNIX inside and fully 100% interoperable with Linux. Unlike Vista
>>> crippleware.
>>
>> I didn't say that.
>> I said something like:
>>
>> Linux loses if Apple wins because those Apple converts could be Linux
>> converts.
>> But they are not.
>> And it's doubtful if they ever will be.
>>
>>
>>
>
> It's the idea of Linux that MS fears. A computing paradigm that contains
no
> profit for MS. Why, if this idea took root, it could put companies like
> Microsoft out of business! NO MORE 800 POUND GORILLA dictating computer
> policy to the rest of the industry. Oh NO!
Yes it certainly *could*.
But it hasn't and there is no indication that it ever will.
If Linux can't capitalize on Vista then there is no hope for Linux.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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