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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Member since:2008-12-26
Some people need Windows because they need to run Windows applications, custom Excel spreadsheets, Access databases, etc or even because they are familiar with Photoshop etc and don't have time to learn how to use the Gimp etc, when Photoshop works well.
I guess such people are rare. Certainly much rarer than people who just need a web browser.
And who's going to afford Photoshop anyway? The "don't ask, don't tell" warez crowd?
The best advocacy for opensource, Linux etc is to show that it can do things better than Windows etc, and this involves some critical judgment as to when to deploy and where.
The best advocacy is showing that it can do what needs to be done, cheap. There is no real need to be "better" - Linux can be better for technically sophisticated users (or in specialized devices like phones), but for the vast majority it is (or will be) only "good enough" . And that's the scary part for Microsoft.
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2006-02-22
Get a work-alike open source application.
OpenOffice can work with legacy MS Offcie files, and it spanks MS Office working with ODF files.
GIMP does just as good a job as Photoshop in editing raster graphics files.
And so on. "
The answer question is not - use an opensource alternative application. Some people need Windows because they need to run Windows applications, custom Excel spreadsheets, Access databases, etc or even because they are familiar with Photoshop etc and don't have time to learn how to use the Gimp etc, when Photoshop works well.
Win 7 will sell because these people need to run Windows apps and XP will soon no longer be supported, it's 9 years old computing has moved on, XPs weaknesses are laid bare. I'm not using still using Wart Warthog are you? I'm pleased for you that Linux is all you need, it is for me at home, but at work although we are moving opensource we need Windows as well and I don't see this changing very soon.
The best advocacy for opensource, Linux etc is to show that it can do things better than Windows etc, and this involves some critical judgment as to when to deploy and where. A simple knee jerk reaction use openoffice etc is not good enough.