Star Windows 7 Hits 3% Market Share, Approaches 4%
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 23:59 UTC
Windows 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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RE[6]: Windows market share
by boldingd on Wed 4th Nov 2009 16:36 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: Windows market share"
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Finger-pointing is the usual response from the Linux community, and you fall in line like a perfect little monkey. If the current Intel video driver is to blame (which I doubt, since this problem is Ubuntu-specific) then Ubuntu should ship with a driver that DOES work. That is their responsibility.


God, Thom, you're one of the site staff. In your position, you're supposed to be trying to keep things civil, not insulting posters and fanning the flames.

And look, the Intel driver is commonly known to be broken. Phoronix has been whining about this for a while. I return too this basic question: the Ubuntu team's two choices where, A) not support Intel graphics chips at all, or B) ship the broken driver they get from the equipment manufacturer. There is no option C, so pick A or B. Maybe they should've been some kind of warning dialog, something like, "oh, hey, we've detected you have an intel chip, which doesn't work. We've disabled it; you can click here to enable it, but be aware that your system may melt. Please call Intell and ask them to supply us with a driver that works." Even if they had done that, you'd still be back to that fundamental question of, "enable the broken driver or have no 3D acceleration" for the immediate future.

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