On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:59:11 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>> If you hate Vista, drop in Linux, a
>> no charge trial and no charge if you want to keep it. Sure beats going
>> out and buying Ultimate at $500+ for a full retail version to find out
>> it solves nothing.
>
> Sounds good in theory but it's just not happening that way. People are
> blowing $2000.00 on a Mac in stead. Why?
> I'm not really sure, but I suspect it's the multimedia interfacing with
> iPhones etc and the fact that they are pissed at Microsoft.
>
> One thing is certain, they are not flocking to free Linux.
>
>
Well the issue is essentially this.
If someone wants Windows, what do they do? They buy a PC.
If they want MacOS, what do they do? They buy a Mac.
If they want Linux (assuming they even know it exists in the first
place)? Buying a pre-installed Linux system is generally only possible if
you *know* about it ahead of time and even then selection is limited.
The only realistic way to get Linux on any PC is to install it manually
and therein lies the problem. People in general can barely handling
installing an application...you expect them to install an OS? Any OS?
There is a *very* good reason why PC manufacturers include Recovery CD/
DVDs with their computers and not Windows install CDs.
So ultimately the issue has little to do with Linux being better or worse
or being free or not free. It has everything to do with availability in
such a way that the average person can actually obtain it.
If Linux was placed on even ground in terms of pre-installed availability
with Windows then things would be very different.
--
Stephan
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1992 Suzuki Kan-o-tuna ('till I can get my R1)
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