Soldato
Imagine how much bigger Microsoft would be if all of the software was licensed!
Last time i checked ALL of MS software required a licence. Unless you mean all software out there, in which case is just stupid
Kimbie
Imagine how much bigger Microsoft would be if all of the software was licensed!
I share the same sentiment .
Bad analogy time!:I use linux/unix because it's the best at a few things I need to do, it makes sod all difference how many other people use it....
The Impaler is right.
If Linux develops into something better than Windows, then tell as many people as possible. Is pretty selfish not to.
You could argue that this is already happening with Ubuntu. Linix will grow via word of mouth. Ubuntu I feel is doing this better than any other desktop linux distribution so far in showing people the linux way.
IBM's OS/2 was superior to MicroSofts Windows
With IBM taking Ubuntu under its wing, plus MS being a little bit of a pain in the bum for many people, plus news that MS may be pulling out of the desktop market, seems like a very strong possibility that Linux does indeed have a chance of becoming a more powerful player in the desktop market, and does indeed have a chance at the title.
Lets not forget however, that even if Linux users doubled every day, it would still take a few weeks to topple windows off the throne.
Bad analogy time!:
You and all of your friends are using a particular brand of pogo stick. You're fairly happy with it in most aspects. You, being the most technically-minded pogo-sticker of the group hear about a different brand of stick. Unafraid to experiment you try it out. Wow, it's amazing! It jumps higher than your old stick. It is more durable than your old stick. It's even absolutely free, unlike your old pogo sticks. There are a few drawbacks, but in your mind these are fairly easily overcome.
The analogy wasn't meant to explain why Linux lovers love Linux. It was trying to explain why Linux lovers like to tell other people about how lovable Linux is. The Linux lovers are already past the technical issues. They've moved on to evangelism hoping that others might follow into the same fruited pastures.This new pogo stick may be fantastic, but unfortunately you have to build it yourself, which is beyond the capabilities of your friends who just want a basic pogo stick. And when your friends learn that it's no good for a lot of the applications that they put their old pogo stick to, it becomes a harder sell!
Just search on BBC news for Microsoft. They are planning to pull out of the traditional desktop market and aim windows to a more thin client market.Why would MS pull out of the desktop market? It isn't feasible, both in terms of the effect it would have on MS as a business, and the effect it would have on consumers.
I also don't really see the relevance likening the Linux market share to an organism that doubles in size every day. In what realistic scenario is that going to occur?
Just search on BBC news for Microsoft. They are planning to pull out of the traditional desktop market and aim windows to a more thin client market.
They are also in the Tom Tit
At the end of June this year, the company was sitting on a cash mountain of $23.7bn and has never been in debt in its 33-year history.
The BBC's technology reporter Maggie Shiels said there was little doubt Microsoft had to do something because it simply had too much cash lying on its books following the company's failed attempt to buy either all or part of Yahoo.