In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Canuck57
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on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:49 GMT
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> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:44:09 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Disruptive Technologies that Affect Desktop Linux
>>
>> Yea.
>> Like Windows having 90+ percent of the desktop market.
>>
>> Tell me, why is Linux still at 0.6 percent (0.8 percent according to the
>> BBC) when Linux is free?
>>
>> Something is seriously wrong when a product cannot be given away.
>
> People involved with Linux know those numbers are cooked.
>
> For example, they survey say the too 100 companies, and limit it to current
> desktops, the figure might be right.
>
> But that old hand-me-down PC, hobbyists, Linksys routers, Internet servers
> are excluded.
>
> Some small business that can't afford the M$ hit run it, but never get
> interviewed.
>
> Efforts like OLPC are excluded, as are other countries where Linux
> popularity is much higher, excluded.
>
> Many are seeking Macs and Linux as an alternative, and because it is "free"
> (or paid if you wish) no one really knows how many out there run it.
>
> Software is now a commodity. MS just hasn't figured it out yet.
>
Actually, I think they have, which is one reason why they rolled
out OneCare. Presumably, those who don't subscribe will not get
up-to-date virus protection.
Makes me feel warm and oozy...erm, cozy.
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