Windows 7 will kill Linux on netbooks -- NOT!!

[John McGregor]

Madison Kelly wrote:

> 
> The mainstream success of Linux should not, and I hope will not, ride on 
> the fates of Microsoft. Anyone interested in the long term success of 
> Linux needs to think more about how to make Linux as a collective better 
> for Jane and Joe User. That's it. Heck, I hope MS and Apple keep on 
> doing well. It will keep us on our toes. :)
> 
To a certain extent, I agree with you but I also think that it has been 
a failing of the Linux community not to capitalize on Microsoft's 
missteps. I think that the download of Windows 7 beta by the masses 
could provide another opportunity for us to publicize the virtues of 
Linux. It occurred to me and I'm sure that it occurred to the marketing 
droids at Microsoft that the vast majority of those downloaders  will 
grudgingly pay a not insubstantial fee to continue using Windows 7 past 
the beta's stated expiry date instead of having to migrate back to Vista 
or XP. I can also envisage Microsoft charging a similar fee for the 
release candidate and for the final version. In the tough economic 
situation we all current face, it shouldn't be all that hard to convince 
some of those folks to switch to linux instead.

Microsoft: the gift that keeps on costing

John
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