rob wrote:
Speaking of IE the Mozilla-Foundation does shovel some money in newspaper ads. Ok, that's not much but there are slso all the securety reports. There are also companies like Novell or RedHat who are interested in selling linux. Altogether that's not much but I as an average user also haven't seen many Microsoft ads expect of "Designed fo Microsoft Windows XY" and some ads for XP Tablet edition, Office 2004 and the like.Greetings, Someone said that using IE is normal because it is there, on the PC when you plug it in. The average user doesn't really know what it is and what alternatives there are. He just wants to get online to see the football results or whatever.
It is the more accomplished user, maybe someone in business, more security conscious who investigates alternatives/improvements who will find out about Linux.
Don't forget that unlike MS who shovels millions into
TV/magazine/newspaper ads, Linux will not be able to do this. But then
again so do MacDonalds and others but do they make the best burgers - I
I think the probem is more what you said before: Mirco$oft is more or less standart (although somtimes the different Word-versions are not compatible) and that Windows is always preinstalled. But I have even seen boxes with Open Office preinstalled.
think not.
I think the Linux market is with the more discerning and not with the average bod. The public generally are becoming more and more computer savvy and now that Linux is not purely a geek's thing I believe that it will make inroads but not quickly.
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 15:46 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:30:10 +1300 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Commercial vendors are needed to deliver the top-end stuff - Final Cut Pro, commercial-grade accounting apps, engineering apps. Don't criticise Linux users for being afraid to stump up - not many home Windows or Apple users pay for top-end stuff like this either.
It has been said that professional software is not there for Linux but I found a ship design programme, "Hullform" which looks good for marine design. It calculates the hydrostatics, resistance and powering requirements of your boat/ship design as it goes along. Very useful! You have to pay for it but then that's reasonable. You could make a good living by using this piece of software so why not? This is sold in linux and windows versions.
That's just 1 example, it's getting there.
Woodsey
I agree with the proposition that if you need to pay for a program and
there is a choice between equivalently functional linux/windows programs, go for the linux vendor!
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