__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 20 September 2006 02:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS
> <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:18:11 -0400
> <FS_Pg.6223$KR1.4097@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> yttrx wrote:
>>
>>> Is this version faster?
>>> Is this version more stable?
>>> Will this version run software that I need, that my current version
>>> won't?
>>>
>>> Of course, the answer to each of these at the moment is a resounding
>>> NO.
>>>
>>> Upgrading windows is for suckers.
>>
>> Those are important concerns, but after 5 years of XP I think curiosity or
>> "it's something new, the latest and greatest" will drive a lot of
>> upgrades.
>>
>> It's similar to the giddy tingling and schoolgirl giggles you see OSS nuts
>> engaging in when a new Ubuntu comes out.
>>
>
> Multiplied by thousands. After all, Ubuntu doesn't exactly have
> hundreds of millions of dollars of ad revenue to throw at the problem.
> :-)
Nearly a thousand millions to be precise (just under that figure). Mark's
gift from Verizon was 700 million dollars, IIRC, but I don't know how this
sum was distributed. The investment in Ubuntu stands at about 10 million so
far, as far as I can recall.
I might as well add something that I neglected to mention. Only the premium
versions of Windows Vista have Aero Glass. Sadly, too few people seem to
realise it.
Best wishes,
Roy
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