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Dave Germiquet davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Tue Oct 21 19:30:10 UTC 2008


I've been seeing some promoting of linux on some Tech TV shows lately.
(For example Pizza Pizza TV Commercials, and I think a subway ad on
the tv screens as well)

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:17 PM, John Moniz <john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Scott Elcomb wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:46 PM, John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> John Moniz wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The spread of Linux and other open source software isn't going to happen
>>>> by sitting around waiting for people to get fed up with MS.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Actually that may happen given the current economic crisis in the world
>>> and
>>> the advent of netbooks. It occurred to me as well, I'm sure, a lot of you
>>> that a netbook that is powered by linux will have an upgrade path while
>>> one
>>> powered by Win XP will not. This is a distinct disadvantage for a company
>>> like Microsoft whose business model is based on its client base buying
>>> into
>>> a continuous upgrade cycle. In this economic crisis ( which is expected
>>> to
>>> last a couple of years) how will owners of Win XP based netbooks react
>>> when
>>> they realize that they can't extend the life of their machines through an
>>> upgrade, can't afford to buy new, and that they have in fact been Zuned
>>> again by Microsoft.
>>>
>>
>> Agreed.  It seems to me that as time passes there are only ever more
>> reasons to switch.
>
> Before you switch, you need to know what options are available and what the
> impact will be. People still don't know much about Linux. I'd say most
> people still think that switching away from MS just means switching to
> Apple. With the exception of a few products such as Firefox, which is
> available for MS Windows anyway, the promotion of Linux and open source has
> been one of "wait until they discover us...". There were those great IBM
> Linux commercials a while back, too bad there hasn't been more of that sort
> of thing. Maybe it's been more prominent in business IT circles, but not
> with the masses who would use fancy desktops.
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