Re: Thousands wait in line for new Apple store - New linux store also opens (with photos)

"Stephan Rose" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> 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.

They indeed would be different.  If a Best Buy PC booted up, said Linux or

Vista, Vista $50 -- Microsoft would be in a whole world of hurt.  Right
now, 
Microsoft is running their business on predatory and extortionist pricing.

Due to "bundling" practices.  Cracking at the seams too.