It's been a while since the latest Microsoft-should-open-source-Windows article, so SJVN felt compelled to write one. "Although Microsoft may claim otherwise, Vista, from both from a technical and business point of view, is proving to be a failure. Why not turn it over to people who have shown time after time that they can deliver the goods?"
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Member since:2005-07-02
It doesn't mean they have chosen it. Most are not aware that there are alternatives.
In any case, I wouldn't say that the market has "rejected" Linux, because its usage keeps growing. With market share numbers similar to Mac, I think it's presumptuous to declare that the market has spoken. Growth doesn't have to be quick, as long as it's constant.
Member since:2005-07-06
Is not a proof they know what an OS is, is a proof they know what they want.
No, it means that they went to a computer shop, they liked the Apple design, they bought a Mac, took it home and then they tried to install on it the windows software they had bought for their old computer or the windows software they found in that "pirate CD-R" they had received from a friend or a colleague.
When the software didn't work they asked a computer-literate nephew or son of their neighbors for help and discovered that they needed "windows" to run it. That's why they wanted "windows" on their Mac.
If they had known that there's something like an "operating system" on a computer and that not all the computers are the same, they wouldn't have bought a Mac to run "windows" on it: they would've bought a pc with windows.
Member since:2005-07-06
GhePeU: If they did know, why did they buy a Mac to run Windows applications?
This is just a guess... But maybe they heard that they could use Windows on a Mac. Then maybe they decided to buy a Mac because they 1) liked the hardware, 2) liked the appearance, 3) found a good deal on the Mac, 4) liked the community, 5) decided they wanted both Mac OS and Windows, etc...
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2005-07-06
I've seen user who bought macs for their kids asking how to install windows on it
It seems to me that this is the proof they don't know what an OS is. If they did know, why did they buy a Mac to run Windows applications?