Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 23:59 UTC
Windows 7 has been out and about for little over a week now, and as it turns out, Microsoft's new baby is doing relatively well. That is, according to the figures by NetApplications: Windows 7 already reached the 3% mark this weekend, and is already closing in on the 4% mark.
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2. Most Linux installations are not "sold". Mass installations of Linux can be done without registering a single OS sale anywhere. Because there is no sale, there is no impact on market share figures.
1. Well, even if I am offered Linux when I purchase a computer, I'd go for Windows anytime anywhere because things just work, look good, are consistent in behavior, installation of apps is flexible rather than relying on a server all the time, app-name using DLL 1.0 will also work with DLL 2.0, you can grab a packaged archive, put it on a USB stick and run it else where on any PC running Windows --- something that Linux can only dream off. Oh and did I also mention the fact that MS isn't actually advertising a new boot splash image or a new login screen as a feature? Linux users (Ubuntu) seem to get excited with new splash screens and login screens -- oh wow...
2. And yet, people still choose to go for Windows. Does not anyone of the Linux community think and say "wait a second, why isn't Linux succeeding?? *What are **we** doing wrong, our software is free, why isn't anyone falling for it! What are we doing wrong! This doesn't make any sense" <-- No, it doesn't because what you do is not good enough.
You want to win? The only way to reach your enemy is become your enemy. Become MS and then we are talking, be like them, rather waiting for the "GNU" community to do something, how about you get of your lazy ass, sit down and write your own stuff. Get the Linux kernel, look at it and eliminate that X.ORG bloated beast that comes with every desktop linux. Take it out, write your own libs and create order once and for all....you know it is possible, Apple did it. Oh yes, MS did it too when they put that nice windowing environment on top of DOS, remember? What was it called? Win_something all the way to Win-Me. Ahh...good old OS/2....IBM had a golden chance....too bad they blew it...
Edited 2009-11-03 07:32 UTC