On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:20:37 -0700, Moshe Goldfarb wrote
(in article <1odiq5vmlc4zz$.1dsfbhtwgpkb6.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:00:18 -0700, George Graves wrote:
>
>> I believe that Linux would have a larger "market share" IF computer
>> manufacturers stopped pre-installing Windows on their machines. If
faced
>> with
>> a choice of buying Windows retail, and getting Linux for free (or
>> practically
>> free - that $10 CD price, you know) a lot more people would go for it.
If
>> that occurred, Linux user-****p would soon reach the critical mass to
>> interest
>> major developers in ****ting their apps to the platform. That's not
going to
>> happen, however and I think that Linux will always remain regulated to
the
>> "enthusiast" segment.
>
> If things were starting from scratch right now I would agree with you
> however let's suppose that the user could go to Circuit City and buy
bare
> machines with no OS.
>
> The first question would be " can I run all my Windows programs like
> Quicken, iTunes (including the iStore) with the Linux machine?"
>
> Can I use the programs my children bring home from school on it?
>
> And so forth.
>
> IOW the same questions people ask today.
>
> That coupled with the consumer looking around the store at all the
Windows
> shrink wrap would knock Linux out of the box.
>
> Then there is the profit motive of the store.
> Why sell a Linux machine when a Windows machine will bring in more money
> via all the extra programs that have to be purchased?
>
> I don't think it will work.
No, it won't. But I didn't mean to suggest that Linux would sudden;y
become
"THE" replacement for Windows, But more people would contemplate it. It
doesn't really matter though, my scenario will never occur. It's just a
bit
of "what if" -ism on my part.
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