Perhaps you should be giving us these statistics if you say you have been vindicated by the "proof," but I'll bite. I don't have any stats, but I can give you my own personal experience.
I purchased an Eee PC with Linux preloaded when it first came out. Then my Dad purchased one and was very happy with Linux and all the software that came pre-installed (he had no previous Linux experience and is not a computer guru). He was so happy, in fact, that he recently purchased a newer model and specifically chose Linux instead of XP. My brother also purchased an Aspire One with Linux. The distro. that it shipped with sucked. He could not play any videos because it didn't have any codecs and they were hard to install. The first upgrade broke the package manager so he could no longer install anything or upgrade it. Once I installed UNR, he was happy as can be. So, in a family of five, three people have purchased netbooks with Linux. Two have them have purchased or are in the process of purchasing another one. I'd say that's pretty good, especially considering the manufacturers made such awful choices with their default installs. Meanwhile, my aunt calls me a good three times a day to help her fix her crappy windows boxes. There's no doubt in my mind that Linux is a better desktop OS. Jesse On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Juan Alberto Cirez <[email protected]>wrote: > Gustin, > As long as we keep the insult to ourselves, I'll bite: > > I have a few questions: > > 1) Is there a consumer demand (or a market) for Netbooks with > Linux-Preloaded? > 2) If so, how large is that market? > 3) How cost effective is it for Manufacturer to supply this market? > 4) Assuming this market is large enough to sustain a supplier, how does > this supplier enter the market? > 5) if there isn't a market for Netbooks with Linux-Preloaded (or the market > is too small), is there anything the Linux Community can do to create such a > market, or demand (Remember what the community did with the LinkSys > WRT[G][S] routers)? > > > Gustin Johnson wrote: > >> >> Please, for a guy that did not want to actually engage in a discussion, >> you seem pretty eager to blindly repeat the same flame bait from before. >> I would be happy to continue this discussion since you bailed on us >> earlier. >> > > > -- > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > Juan Alberto Cirez > CFAA/CFAT, AFSA/CFAT-CFET,CIPS/ISP, ASTTBC/CFET, CHI(e) > Sr. Field Service Technician/Project Manager > J. A. Cirez Integrated Technologies, Inc > Fire Protection | IT Services | Security | Home Inspections | Consulting > Tel. : (780)972-4739 > Fax : (780)747-6078 > Email: [email protected] > Web : http://www.jacintech.com > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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