On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 13:27 -0500, Dan Farrell wrote: > Tempers flare over ... preinstalled linux distros? > > The fact is, Linux needs some evangelists right now. I for one would > love to see microsoft's market saturation drop some, and I don't think > I have to explain how much that would help the open source commutity, > the internet, and the whole IT industry worldwide. At the risk of > being melodramatic, I insist that the stranglehold over PCs that > windows holds must end.
Microsoft themselves have done a lot to aid in the cause to end Microsoft's rule. Windows Vista is a flop. I've heard that MS Office '07 is too. People are looking for an alternate solution. Mac has begun advertising again. Word of mouth is our best marketing tool now. Sure there are tons of Linux websites out there, but Microsoft's primary advantage is that people think they're the only OS out there. If you tell people about Linux, at least a few of them will research it and might make the switch... > > If only people would continue to build momentum for linux as a viable > commodity OS, then we could move to a point where people would be > comfortable with it in their offices too, and only then will the > hardware industry really have to respond in kind. > > The neat computers in the world today deserver Linux, and let's face > it, we all deserve to be gurus on 90% of computers and not 5%. > > Sure, I don't want to by a ubuntu install either, but still, I argue > that it's a big step in a good direction. I hope y'all agree with > that. > > Death to Tyrants! Long live open source! Long live Linux! > > Sincerely, Dan Farrell. -- [email protected] mailing list
