On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:02:13 +0100, Alias
<aka@masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote:
>John wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 147:57 +0100, Alias
>> <aka@masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote:
>>
>>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/15719/the_linux_desktop_is_already_here
>>>
>>> Note: *everyone* that reads this news group uses Linux, even Frank.
>>
>>
>> Rather contrived I thought. You might as well say that we are all main
>> frame users because we get money from an ATM and the bank's central
>> computer may well be running some archaic IBM operating system
>>
>> John B.
>
>Also true. The uncontrived part is that major OEMs like Dell and
>computer chains in Europe are selling desktops with Linux installed. On
>net books, it holds 32% of the market. Linux isn't just for geeks anymore.
However the fact that OEM's sell a specific operating system is simply
a matter of sales strategy. Sell Windows Boxes for $XX and Linux Boxes
for a couple of hundred less. Cover all bases.
I was in Tesco the other day and almost all of the computers they had
on sale were Liinux machines. Why? Because they are the best box you
can buy? Because Tesco somehow has a relationship with Linus? Or
simply because Tesco sells cheap and Linux is cheaper.
For those who care: All the machines were equipped with Ubuntu.
John B.