Apple and Linux are engaged in battle a battle to win over disgruntled Windows users. But who will win, and what will the consequences be for the loser? The most commonly held belief amongst Apple and Linux fanboys is that both factions are engaged in some kind of a war with Microsoft. The truth is that if you look at the market share figure for Windows, Mac and Linux, both Mac OS and all the Linux distros that have ever been released are dwarfed by Windows.
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Member since:2006-02-22
I think you missed the point(s).
1. I was referring to the number of os veriations not software titles. Linux basically has too many distro's for average joe to make a decision (granted, Ubuntu is starting to change that).
2. Look up supply and demand for homogenous vs. non-homogenous goods. Then look at where PC's, Macs, Windows, OS X , and linux fit into that. its really not that complicated, people are always willing to pay what they perceive something is worth. In reality, a diamond is an almost worthless (and common) rock.
3. I'm all for Open source software. its great, so what.
you fail to see how ubuntu doesn't do that. Do a random survey of people on a street and see how many people have heard of Ubuntu.
"and concealing their weakness" - its called marketing.
PS: Just because you don't agree or don't understand doesn't mean the other person doesn't know what they're talking about.
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2006-05-14
> 1. Linux offers WAY too much choice. Customers DON"T WANT too much choice.
There are _LOADS_ more of software for Windows than for Linux. According to your logic, people should stop using windows, because there is too much softwre available for it.
> 2. customers don't want cheap.
Thats why nobody is buying those "cheap" Eees nowadays. You dont know what youre talking about.
> 3. Consumers don't care about openness, they don't know what that means.
That is true. But openness is the primary reason Linux, Free Software and Open Source get created at all, and you cant resent their enthusiasm about it. Its the disributors job to advertize the qualities of the products for Average Joe, and I fail to see how, for example, Ubuntu, doesnt do that.
> Apple is very clear about communicating its strengths
> to the public.
And concealing their weaknesses (high end prices, hardware dongle). And even, while successful doing that, it in all these years didnt manage to do better than Linux.