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Why Windows users dont like opensource
suselinux:
I was thinking (now this might be unintellectual dribble compared to what some of the other members here consider in day to day life, but bare with me I've had a revelation) and I figured out why Windows
SHEEP ,I mean users, think open source software is crap.
The only thing that Windows Users hear when some one talks about OPEN SOURCE software is the word FREE. either because they ignore the code part of the explanation because they never realise some one actually wrote that OS or App. they honestly dont consider the creation of software before the stage of printing the CD or DVD,s that it comes on.
Or they only hear the word Free because they still
have flashbacks of the agonny of giving someone fivehundred dollars for two CD's with a couple of shiny decals on em.
And a Windows User's only experience with free software (I am excluding Mozilla, OpenOffice etc they were designed for linux first) tends to be second rate or superfulous crap(couldn't spell that with a dictionary beside me)
sorry but free ware and sharware just do not compare to GNU and GPL products.
So when A Windows user hears about this "Free" opensource OS called LINUX, all they have to compare the idea of this "FREE" "LINUX" thing to is the crappy stuff they get from Download.com.
How the hell do you deal with a stigma like that eh? :confused:
Faust:
quote:have flashbacks of the agonny of giving someone fivehundred dollars for two CD's with a couple of shiny decals on em.
--- End quote ---
I didn't get shiny decals on the Windows XP "recovery" cd that came with my PC. Jesus christ I've missed out on the best part! :D
edit: and, yeah you've hit the nail on the head
[ May 03, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]
HibbeeBoy:
I see a lot of "noise" about corporations not renewing their M$ licenses. I think Linux is very much going to be a part of the corporate IT infrastructure.
The home PC user, their another breed. Why they insist on buying a Window$ PC is beyond me. If I had the money, I would buy a Mac but I just can't justify spending that kind of money right now. Particularly when SuSe Linux is doing all I need right now !
The Devil:
The problem I usually have when telling people about Linux, is that they seem to think it's illegal since it's free... that's pretty sad. They're living in a world where if something is free, it can't possibly be legal... and hell, even after I explain the whole open source bit, they still seem skeptical about how that can be legal. CUMPUTAR PRGRAMS PAY FOR$$$ ARJAJAJA
TheQuirk:
Mozilla and OOo were designed for Linux first? I don't think that's a very true statement.
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