-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Surjo Das wrote: > It is a matter of choice of > every individual user. Agreed! :) > I am using Vista at home because my wife is familiar > only with Windows. I didn't try to "convert" her to Linux as she has never > heard of it. She heard it for the first time when I mentioned it to her. > IMHO, there is never an option of "conversion", there is either adoption or migration. And, people do not use GNU/Linux mainly because [1] They are not aware [2] They have not got the opportunity to try it [3] They need support to use it, especially when they encounter some problem. If you are a GNU/Linux user, you can very well help your wife in migration from Windows to GNU/Linux, but that is not going to happen in a day or a week, may be a month or two. > I only reiterated the market reality. Microsoft has the desktop market > already. If you happen to visit any middle class home who have a PC for > their entertainment purpose, invariably you will find it loaded with Windows > in at least 95% of the cases. On the server side, there are no doubts that > Linux is a very strong player. This is because everything comes preloaded and people do not care much to find that there is an alternative. Also, they are not aware that they are actually paying for the Windows they get preloaded or the local assembler is using Pirated copies.
I won't accept that people think GNU/Linux is not a match for Windows; I have installed and helped in migration of lot of my friends and they are now happy GNU/Linux users. Thanks to people like Dell, we have started to get the right kind of opportunity to go preloaded. Its we, GNU/Linux users have to take some responsibility in at least creating an awareness amongst our friends and relatives circle. - -- With Regards - --- Parthan aka Technofreak [weblog] http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com [flickr] http://flickr.com/photos/techno_freak [irc] teKnofreak @ irc.freenode.net (#linux-india) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGgINhk4vYYS/wECYRAmb/AJ0dUhIIWrHC3aS6RzD93Sv8eV5/nwCfTBwE ObblgD2VFBKTsB+RIu7eIgc= =RjRh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
