I had no success to find any hard market numbers on the XP->Xubuntu
migration on non-PAE platforms so far. It seems clear, however, that the
Xubuntu image resulting from the 12.04.4 cheat is most likely: A Very
Good Computing Enviroment for Written-off Hardware. There is a market
for that. An interesting one? I doubt.
FMF
On 15.02.2014 17:05, Richard Elkins wrote:
USA Notes .....
People who survey and keep track of statistics are reporting that home
XP users have been and still are taking the easy technological route
of upgrading to 7, either legally or illegally. I doubt if many home
Windows users are thinking about GNU/Linux at all. Resistance to
change and expense is at play.
Hardly anyone realizes that their Android phones are running a Linux
kernel. This is similar to the fact that MacOS and iOS users do not
realize that their machines are running an offshoot of BSD Unix.
People just look at the eye candy and believe that this is the "system".
Commercial use is a different story. Many businesses are buying new
or converting to Linux. Faster, more secure, and not more expensive
than Windows. IBM and Redhat have benefited hugely from this
continuing trend. The commercial desktops, however, are upgraded from
XP to 7 "enterprise edition". Corporate America is locked into
Microsoft Office and Exchange for the foreseeable future.
Ask anyone on the street in America "what is Linux" and you'll usually
get a blank look. I often have trouble in social situations
explaining what I do.
For Linux and BSD Unix users and fans, there is still a tall mountain
to climb, especially in communications.
Richard the pessimist (sometimes)
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