Well thats the biggest threat to linux: If Microsoft charged reasonable licenses for their software (ie £20 for Vista Ultimate), FOSS would be blown out of the water.
But MS is a monopoly and that won't happen unless they really need to On 17/08/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Greenwood wrote: > > A very good discussion about why Linux doesn't have a greater market share. > > http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free > > A well put case with a closely argued set of points. Worth reading. > > also see: > > How Microsoft conquered China > http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/ > Extract: > Today Gates openly concedes that tolerating piracy turned out to be > Microsoft's best long-term strategy. That's why Windows is used on an > estimated 90% of China's 120 million PCs. "It's easier for our > software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's > not," Gates says. "Are you kidding? You can get the real thing, and > you get the same price." Indeed, in China's back alleys, Linux often > costs more than Windows because it requires more disks. And > Microsoft's own prices have dropped so low it now sells a $3 package > of Windows and Office to students > > Comment: historically, the Good GUI of windows appeared sooner than > the good GUI of Linux, so market momentum for windows has been well > established. > > To *change* market momentum, we need a marketing approach which pushes > at an open door - many people I know are worried about computer > related security. It is a rising public awareness, in media too. They > often are well aware of microsofts unpleasant ways of doing business. > 'sucking blood' was an actual phrase used to me last weekend. > > Microsoft is helping us out with Vista. > > An added bonus could be that we have a wonderfully helpful and > knowledgable Community! > > Can we put these together in to a (truthful) FUD package of our own, > surely this is possible? > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
