Hello everyone: I find it rather interesting that if the desktop represents only three per cent of market share (I am not challenging the numbers), then it must be an important market as WalMart, IBM and more recently, Hewlett Packard (to name a few) have all entered their own flavors of Linux-based consumer computers in this very arena. Cheers, Mike On Sunday 15 August 2004 18:55, C Hamel wrote:
On Sunday 15 August 2004 16:31, Curtis Rey wrote: <SNIP>
I absolutely agree. M$ is about the market and in the market "perception is reality". Hence if M$ shows any sign of weakening they will get devoured by the market vultures. So FUD away! If M$ takes a market hit then make press releases about a new win in another market as if it is the only market that matters at the time. XBox was great for this until it came to light the Sony was kicking their ass and the year end reports of massive financial losses in the M$ entertainment division confirmed this. Then they buy so called "independent" market analysis to proclaim M$ is more secure (I rolled laughing) or the TCO of M$ is far superior then Linux - also a joke. M$ is riding on the laurels of it's market share. They really don't like the fact that the stock price has been relatively flat for close to 2 years now or that the amount of critical mass for Linux has arrived and someone might soon be asking - can Linux compete - or more appropriately can M$ compare anymore.
No, M$ will paint a nice rosey picture right up until they are no longer believable - which is becoming the case more and more - not the M$ will ever admit it.
Right now, according to one Linux article's own stats, the desktop market is something like 3%. That is going to have to grow big-time to put the kibosh on M$. I *do* see n00bs appearing on this list on a regular basis, however, and this is good news! Let's not scare them off! ;-) -- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio "If music be the food of love, why can't rabbits sing?"