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How to create strong competition for Microsoft.

General description:

All PC-makers (from huge to small) offers the clients 3 choices: dual boot-PCs (Windows and Linux) and separately Windows and Linux. A client MUST have rights to choose any ?flavor? of Linux to make the competition fair.

Linux prices are lower compared with what it costs now for businesses/government. It?s almost free for non-corporate users.

The expected result ? Linux receives a two-digits market share.

How to do it (no details):

Create 3-sided agreement. (It requires coordinators)

1 side ? all Linux ?flavors? agreed to compete in one package distributed to all PC-makers who are members of this agreement. On the side of PC-makers, all Linux ?flavors? are equal (equal rights, equal advertisement, etc.)

It also means that each Linux ?flavor? has the rights to choose any price it wishes. For example, Red Hat can charge $30 per client, SuSe - $9 but the prices must be open (Red Hat knows how much SuSe and others are charging).


2 side ? all businesses and governments around the World who agreed to have a better deal with Linux compared to what they can get now.


3 side - all PC-makers (from huge to small).

The Second side (businesses and governments) sends preliminary application to the First side about intentions to use Linux.

To the appointed day, when all applications were collected the First side (all Linux ?flavors?) come together and decide how much each one will charge for their OSS.

Then the price-list goes to the Second side who has to approve the prices and send back how much they are going to order (the time is limited ? I?d offer 3 days on each decision). The created database of the clients must be in fair use.

If the Second side received enough potential orders ? they finalize the price list, services they offer, etc. and send it back. The Second side (businesses and governments) chooses a ?flavor? of Linux they like and place the order.

Here is comes the Third side (all PC-makers) who knows how many PCs they need to install Linux (after an auction ? who will give a better deal on hardware, of course) and how much the First side will charge for Linux for non-corporate users.

Then all the PC-makers (who has and doesn?t have the corporate/government contracts) simply offer to non-corporate users three choices - dual boot-PCs (Windows and Linux) and separately Windows and Linux. If Linux-makers need to get the market ? they need to offer almost free OSS for non-corporate users.

Remember the lesson of why Beta lost to VHS despite Sony's great marketing. Even Bill Gates realized who?s better is not really important if ? in the time of Apple success when he openly announced the war to Apple, Steve Jobs told him that his computers are better. Bill Gates replied: ?You do not understand ? it doesn?t matter? (as you know Bill Gates was right).

No doubts now that Bill Gates will do everything possible to kill this 3-sided deal. He may offer Windows even for free, but if he will do it ? he is not big enough to compete with the World (plus he cannot do it forever).

To be fair, I have to mention that Bill Gates will lose ONLY in a case if the World will use common sense. For example, if Bill Gates offers anything for ?free? ? this is not free, this is ?cheese in his mousetrap?. I have reasons to say that the majority of the World has common sense and won?t buy cheap lies.

Read the link below about how ?free? Bill Gates? donations are (note - Bill Gates controls not only this industry, but also pharmaceutical, oil, military etc. plus the government).

Gates? fake philanthropy
http://www.paksplace.com/gates.htm

Posted by: Vily Clay   Posted on: 08/10/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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