I haven't been following this list for a while, but I happened to notice this today and read the draft. I find the arguments advanced disingenuous. For example, Microsoft withdrew support for Windows XP in 2008, an operating system originally released in 2002. That's six years of support. Few institutional buyers will hold on to a computer for that long. They treat computers as depreciating assets, so depending on the tax code, computers are written off and discarded in five to six years. Their value is measured by their utility, not their cost. Since Windows licenses don't expire and Microsoft's support period exceeds the average life of a computer, there is no forced upgrade by a software vendor. The upgrade is forced by users demanding the latest and greatest. This is hardly the vendor's fault.
I strongly urge you to not send this draft in its current form as it fails to take into account a purchasing manager's point of view, and will only serve to hinder future initiatives by Fosscom. Best, Kiran 2009/8/28 narendra sisodiya <[email protected]> > I have not seen any comment or edits in the Wiki pages -- > http://fosscomm.in/WhyWindows7isBad > should we re-decide ? OR > Should be keep it as final version ? > It will be good to decide some date to edit & modify it. > > I am highly supporting to posting such letter to Indian companies !! > We also have +ve voting on writing this mail. > . > This is not an attack on Windows7 but it is more like a awareness campaign > in my views and it will give a help in FOSS adoption (which is the very > reason for being on mailing list ). > > I do not know how this will look but we can give example like how a company > can increase ROI. > most simple example , > > Ex- A receptionist job in office is very common and It will cost huge if > they are using Windows product on her/his Desktop. Most of the task are > browser centric. That can save money by using any of the free of cost > available GNU/Linux OS. They need to invest a little money on training. > > -- > ┌─────────────────────────┐ > │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) > │ R&D Engineer > │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org > │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a > └─────────────────────────┘ > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://jace.zaiki.in/
_______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
