I do not agree, it's true. We can't even sell Ubuntu in africa. That's because the africans like to be like the americans, they want what we've got. But that doesn't mean that we don't want it because it's free.
There are more things that makes people don't want Linux. - Everybody has Windows, so it has to be good. - People don't know they pay for Windows when they buy a pc - They don't know anybody in there family or with there friends who uses Linux. where do they go when they need help? - ... I wrote a similar article 6 months ago: Free doesn't sell http://bartek.blogsome.com/2007/09/16/gratis-verkoopt-niet/ Linux needs marketshare to get a momentum where people realise it's a real alternative. Linux needs to be inovative to give people the need to have Linux, ... But don't say that because it's free we don't want ik. Yhat's way to easy and makes mankind look stupid. just my 2 cents 2008/2/21, Tom Van Braeckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Op donderdag 21-02-2008 om 13:57 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Amedee > Van Gasse: > > > An interesting article featured on /. > > > http://blog.anamazingmind.com/2008/02/why-linux-doesnt-spread-curse-of-being.html > > > > > > > Thanks for sending that article Amedee, that's a really cool theory and > I feel like I agree. Also, the solution (introducing Ubuntu as an > expensive OS) sounds funny yet it might actually work :-) > > > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > -- Bart Broeckx Willekensmolenstraat 83/7 3500 Hasselt 0476/66.20.80
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