Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:06:02 +0100 Philippe Landau
wrote: Did anyone ever attempt to make a systematic survey of reasons why Linux remains such a small player ? Of course corruption on a massive scale is involved in selling Windows to governments and corporations. But why is the percentage of surfers using Linux so small ? Is it mainly because of the games or are the shortcomings of Linux an important factor and which ones most ?
Marketing and timing. First, today Linux is a good desktop product, but still needs a bit of polish for the average PC user. But the problem is marketing. Microsoft buys big TV ads and has the clout and volume to get the major PC vendors to bundle their products. HP, IBM, SGI market their servers with Linux, but currently only Dell even sells consumer PCs with Linux.
Actually, Lenovo does too and I think I heard something about HP. And there are many smaller vendors that sell computers with Linux Also, both Sears & Wal-Mart in the U.S. are selling low end computers with Linux installed. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org