I love Microsoft. I respect Bill Gates. Not only they ain't my enemies -
they are my friends. Yes, I like Linux, it's enhanced functionality and
especially stability, but Microsoft were the first to do it. I believe that
they're doing everything the right way.
Also, the monopoly situation is very good for users. You can put your file
on a disk, go to a friend being sure you'll find the same Windows and Word
there. The worst I could imagine is this:
Windows - 40%
Linux - 30%
MacOS - 10%
BeOS - 5%
Solaris - 5%
Other - 5%
Then you would be usnure as to what will you find there. If Linux user, you
had to save both for Linux and Windows formats, and Mac doesn't read these
disks. So, you would need to know specifically where are you going, and what
the PCs are there. Each time I go to repair a PC, I'm almost sure what I'll
see there.
Microsoft are responsible for what they release. They provide the product to
you, and given you buy it legally, they also provide you with support,
updates, etc. You can register at Linux Counter and others, but they won't
give you that support, even though bug reporting is awesome. And, another
thing I love in Linux are the penguins. I love that they're everywhere, and
one of my recompilation jobs will be to put even more penguins on their work
at Linux desktop and applications. They just look cool - nice animals.
Also, I'd like to add that I hate to buy PC with preinstalled software. When
I got one with preinstalled Windows (what I used then), the first thing I
done was formatting C: and installing it myself. Now I use dual-boot W98,
and Linux Mandrake. If I bought a PC with this dual boot, I'd still run
Partition Magic and wipe it all, to install myself. I don't love when
something is preinstalled. As a PC expert, I want to install everything
myself - even if this is something I never installed. Yes, I did feel unsure
installing Windows for the first time, as I also did installing Linux and
BeOS for the first time. It all passes.
Solver
----- Original Message -----
From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rules Address for MDK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Romanator"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] No-one uses Linux, says Microsoft
> If we all pipe up and say something, microsoft will probably come to all
our
> houses to check for copies of illegal software...
>
> like that old 386 with win3.1 that your little sister plays with...
>
> they know they are gonna lose eventually, how can you beat something that
is
> not only better, but free?, they are just gonna drag it out as long as
> possible by making it seem that linux is not a widespread well used
solution
> like NT/2000 and the newbies who know no better will buy it for a while
> too... for a while..
>
>
> The fact that all computer mags now have big sections on linux should be
an
> indication of that...
>
>
> its a delaying tactic is all...
>
> don't waste your breath on them, ,they are not worth it..
>
>
> rgds
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Romanator
> Sent: Friday, 15 June 2001 6:44 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] No-one uses Linux, says Microsoft
>
>
> I bet Microsoft provided a lotta software as a "gift" for writing these
> articles. There will be more to come. Many times the writers must ship
> the drafts to Microsoft for approval before it goes to print. However, I
> wouldn't get alarmed. They are blowing a lot of hot air.
>
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> >
> > There have been many rebuttals published to this article all over the
> > Internet: aboutlinux.com, linuxtoday.com, lwn.net, and even ZDNet
> > itself. Gartner Dataquest's figures (sponsored by Microsoft) are in
> > direct contrast to those made by other research companies. IDC, for
> > example, gives GNU/Linux a share of about 24%. IDC and others
> > recognise that most GNU/Linux installations are not bought
> > shrink-wrapped like proprietary OSs are, and that a single copy can be
> > used on an unlimited number of computers.
> >
> > Also, many vendors don't give the option of buying a computer without
> > Windows. People are forced to pay for Windows licenses, but when they
> > get their computers they wipe the hard drive and install GNU/Linux. As
> > the computer is not purchased with GNU/Linux initially installed, it
> > is counted as a Windows machine.
> >
> > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > A story from www.theregister.co.uk:
> > >
> > > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19662.html)
> > >
> > > No one's using Linux, claims Microsoft
> > > By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
> > > Posted: 13/06/2001 at 11:21 GMT
> > >
> > > Gartner Dataquest has pegged the proportion of
> > > Linux servers shipped in the United States at 8.6 per cent.
> > >
> > > Gartner analyst Jeffery Hewitt claims that this
> > > figure - which includes 'white box' shipments, but excludes server
> > > appliances such as Sun's Cobalt range - is dramatically lower than
> > > the 20 per cent plus cited by arch rivals IDC. Of that 8.6 per cent,
> > > eight per cent is attributed to Red Hat and 0.6 per cent to other
> > > distros.
> > >
> > > The survey is dated May 30, but was made public
> > > yesterday.
> > >
> > > We don't usually hear about analyst surveys from
> > > vendors in advance of publication. But yesterday a note dropped in
> > > from Microsoft's PR company, Waggener Edstrom.
> > >
> > > "8.6 per cent is... certainly in line with what
> > > we are hearing from our customers and partners," wrote a friendly
> > > Wagg-Ed flak.
> > >
> > > Now there's some dispute over what a 'shipment'
> > > actually involves, as NewsForge's Rob 'roblimo' Miller points out in
> > > this analysis. And he has a very good point: for example, Gartner
> > > pegs Linux shipments in the supercomputer space as 'zero' this year.
> > > In fact Linux is well established on commodity parallel clusters at
> > > many scientific sites. Many of these were assembled in-house, so a
> > > shipment clearly doesn't correlate to a working installation.
> > >
> > > However, Microsoft's pre-emptive strike may be
> > > tactical. Hewitt actually predicts that volume shipments of Linux -
> > > even using Gartner's contested definition of 'shipment' and 'server'
> > > - will mushroom in the next four years.
> > >
> > > Total worldwide Linux deployment will quadruple
> > > from 2.4 million to 9.1 million, predicts Gartner, with explosive
> > > growth in the supercomputer area: up from that dubious 'zero' this
> > > year to over 5000 by 2005. In the $25,000 to $100,000 range - the
> > > low-end company workhorse - Linux shipments will increase ninefold.
> > > In the sub-$5000 space, Linux will grow over six fold.
> > >
> > > So this may be a case of the Beast getting its
> > > retaliation in first.
> > >
> > > Might be interesting to know :-)
> > > Paul
> >
> > --
> > Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> > "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
> > LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
> > -- Jeremy S. Anderson
>
> --
> Roman
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