On Wednesday 31 Dec 2008 1:13:14 pm Sachin Gopalakrishnan wrote: > >Not so newbie thinks > >1) M$ popularised the desktop > > > >2) is good at marketing > > 1.i don't think i really fancy myself as an authority of computing history > so i respectfully forfeit .. > 2. Good at marketing..actually great at marketing....nothing to show > otherwise :/. The brand MS is way higher than brand linux which is only > recently been seen as something of a "not so geeky" alternative!! ...
dont forget M$ had a huge headstart of about 15 years in the PC market. And 15 years, plus another 4-5 years for the linux desktop to get really usable, means 20 years in a field where a headstart of a few months is viewed as unbridgeable. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
