On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:28:28 -0500, Stephan Rose wrote:
> 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.
I disagree.
See my other reply to George on this.
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Moshe Goldfarb
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