John Andersen wrote:
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Jerry Houston <jerry@effjayare.net> wrote:
Linux enthusiasts often miss an important issue when they complain about the predominance of Windows. PEOPLE WANT IT. Not everybody's just like us.
Virtually everyone who has a computer with Windows on it could have Linux for free, yet they pay for Windows instead. We howl because manufacturers put Windows on virtually all the PCs they sell, but they do it because PEOPLE WANT IT.
People ACCPET it.
Vendors put windows on machines because they signed contracts forcing them to do so. They have become convinced that in order to be able to do anything they need the same software as everybody else, even when they are just a home user reading email and surfing the web.
This is a defacto LOCK IN. This is NOT a user Choice. It took Microsoft 20 years to build this lock in and it will have to be unbuilt brick by brick.
The face-plant that is Vista is the best opportunity to do this in years.
The Mac vs PC ads on television show that apple clearly understands this.
Novell does not understand that this is the best time to go after Microsoft customers, and because they make no money off of opensuse they really have no incentive to even try.
The demise of the commercial Boxed Set as we used to have with SuSE (gmbh) is one of the biggest blunders in history. I, and a lot of people I know always purchased the full boxed set. Now, Novell acts like they don't even want my money, releasing the boxed set Late, Incomplete, and Broken.
I must agree with some other, including the press, that U/Kubuntu is going about it RIGHT to get the desktop market. If they continue to work hard at it, they just might be able to put a sizable dent in MickySoft. Further, it has always been an advantage to get the home user.....it DOES lead to corporate sales! I'd much rather see Novell do it, but as must of us agree, their marketing stinks. Fred -- MickySoft Aims to Lasso Everything With Live Mesh. What will get "lassoed" is your private data as hackers, virus and trojan writers have a field day! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org