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ForceSphere:

quote:Originally posted by zooloo:
People don't choose MS, they buy PCs with it installed.

After that they buy MS Office etc because they think "MS, that's what I've got".

zooloo
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hm_murdock:
people are stupid. that's why. you show them a perfectly viable... no, a VASTLY SUPERIOR alternative, and they stick with their shit.

windoze is a turd, that's all there is to it. I lost all respect for windoze and the x86 platform when my Power Mac 7200 (120MHz PowerPC 601) whipped the holy living fuck out of a Celeron 900. The Inhell Celery Processor with Extra Bullshit Technology couldn't play a fucking video. the "broke down" 7200 didn't skip a single frame. Eat shit, Wintel drones, your platform has been officially

OWNED

Stryker:
It's marketing. Microsoft can afford to go up to a company and say "I'll give you $40 for every computer you include windows with". I'm sure they don't say that exactly, but the manufacturers/resellers do get profits from putting Windows on a computer. The linux community can't afford to do that, and it's not the point of linux anyways. Because linux is free, they can't get a profit from putting it on a computer (unless of course they charge extra to have linux on there, rather than no os[because microsoft tends to not allow oems to have another OS offered then theirs]) If linux were to never be free, to be worth easily $400, it would be included on many computers, because it's easier to get a profit for something that costs more. For instance, I sell a car for $27,000... i buy it for $20,000 though. there's $7,000. i get a pinto for $400, sell it for $600... that's $200. what costs more gives more profits, what gives more profits gets sold. Ignorance would be the reason why people don't use linux. They don't know it exists, and those that do tend to think "if it's so great then why isn't it coming on computers like windows is?".

well i'm done. I have to go, later.

slave:
The only reason Linux even stands a chance against Microsoft is because it *is* free software, in my opinion.  Think about other superior OSes like BeOS or MacOS who have yet to make a dent in Windows' sales.

HibbeeBoy:
I think the biggest hurdle is getting the manufacturers (Dell, Compaq etc) to at least offer a Linux alternative. There's no incentive though, for manufacturer or consumer. Sure Wal-Mart anf Fry's are offering a few "thin-linux" boxes on generic boxes but the big guns need to offer their box a side by side model. What I mean is, Window$ box is $800.00, Linux box is $600.00 or less. I don't understand people buying a Window$ PC at all, particularly the home user. All the home user needs is intenet access, e-mail, play/burn CD's and type up their CV. WHy would you spend all that money on shitty M$ ? And why would you even entertain XP ?!! I had to use an XP box the other day and I hate it. Awful.

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