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No consumer demand...
Plain and simple, these companies would be all over it if the consumer wanted it.
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 08/12/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Too little too late...  Mike Cox | 08/12/05
re: Too little too late  yyuko@... | 08/12/05
YOU MENTIONED ME, YAY!!!! (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 08/12/05
Sorry, YOURE Wrong  itanalyst | 08/12/05
wow, you guy are fanatics  theraven_z | 08/12/05
Would be sad if it wasn't so funny...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/12/05
Pot: "Hey, Kettle, you're BLACK!"  Judas I. | 08/12/05
RE: freaks walking around with signs  Squawkbox | 08/12/05
Or like Cub fans  mustangj36@... | 08/12/05
Its been a few  bystander_z | 08/13/05
Who's funny?  daver_z | 08/12/05
Signs of the Times  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/05
ROFL...  dalecosp | 08/18/05
Yeah analyst! BAAAH!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/05
Way to go, Dude! (NT)  BanjoPaterson | 08/12/05
re Too little too late...  Llandros Loressin | 08/12/05
His Posts Are Satrical ... Now You Tell Me!  PMC-CON | 08/12/05
Truly a blue Friday  shallow_diver | 08/12/05
Bwahahaha!!! Black Monday at the market  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/05
Why is Mike serious...  Anton Philidor | 08/12/05
RE: Why is Mike serious...  Linux User 147560 | 08/12/05
Nah.  Anton Philidor | 08/12/05
of course he is  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/05
Poor, poor anton  bystander_z | 08/13/05
you're a fraud.  wimbo_z | 08/12/05
hmmm  eLurker | 08/12/05
5.55435987  Squawkbox | 08/12/05
A trip to the moon on...  Anton Philidor | 08/12/05
Holy Crap!  rick752 | 08/12/05
I think he forgot he was logged in as Mike...  K B | 08/12/05
RE: I think he forgot he was logged in as Mike...  Squawkbox | 08/12/05
Do you know somthing we don't know?  rick752 | 08/12/05
He Has a Serious Side ... Didn't Show Here Either (NT)  PMC-CON | 08/12/05
What's the matter? Are you guys too green...  toadlife | 08/12/05
Mike is always serious  duclod | 08/12/05
(nt)OK, perhaps "non-satirical" would have been the better word  toadlife | 08/12/05
yeah, I've seen plenty serious Mikey posts  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/05
Damn it, Mike  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/05
Mikeypoo What has happened to you?  Squawkie is Back | 08/12/05
Bwahahaha!! Good one dude!  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/05
Windows Close.  escoles@... | 08/13/05
Who Are You and What Have You Done w/ Mike Cox!!! (nt)  tbbrickster_z | 08/15/05
Boycott Dell, HP, Gateway  cyber_rigger@... | 08/12/05
Sure....keep dreaming...  Delmont | 08/12/05
Was that not how they all started?  voska | 08/12/05
Don't underestimate white boxes  mactolinux | 08/12/05
dont overestimate consumers  eLurker | 08/14/05
No consumer demand...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/12/05
And most Linux distros do next to nothing to advertise their wares  Boot_Agnostic | 08/12/05
I wouldn't say no consumer demand.  Patrick Jones | 08/12/05
wrong  eLurker | 08/12/05
Consumer demand means little these days  voska | 08/12/05
or maybe they don't want to lose incentives...  K B | 08/12/05
... and high support costs.  Anton Philidor | 08/12/05
Wash your invisible hands of this  escoles@... | 08/14/05
Can you say, "BOYCOTT THE CARTEL" (NT)  Update victim | 08/12/05
Doesn't Apply  daver_z | 08/12/05
what?!?  eLurker | 08/12/05
what?!?  cyber_rigger@... | 08/12/05
Whaa-oohhyea!  JCitizen | 08/12/05
ahhh  eLurker | 08/14/05
choose the carrot  cyber_rigger@... | 08/15/05
no, thats the stick  eLurker | 08/15/05
linux boxes  pfyearwood | 08/13/05
ok  eLurker | 08/14/05
I have been waiting months for this...  Chryse | 08/12/05
Install Linux yourself, it's free  balsover | 08/12/05
Missed the Guys Point ...  PMC-CON | 08/12/05
RE: Missed the Guys Point ...  Linux User 147560 | 08/12/05
You Don't Get It ... Still  PMC-CON | 08/13/05
RE: You Don't Get It ... Still  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/05
Missed the Guys Point ... ???????  rldc1_2000@... | 08/15/05
And no one lacking skills need apply.  Anton Philidor | 08/12/05
RE;And no one lacking skills need apply.  Linux User 147560 | 08/12/05
RE: Install Linux yourself, it's free  nightshade0143 | 08/12/05
Major vedors do offer Linux platforms  __howard__ | 08/12/05
Nice Business machine  cyber_rigger@... | 08/12/05
Nice Business machine  nightshade0143 | 08/12/05
No one says you can't use it at home.  __howard__ | 08/13/05
HP is a big backer of Linux  Justcauz | 08/12/05
HP is a big backer of Linux  erjl | 08/13/05
Quite a few HP peripherals have Linux support  __howard__ | 08/16/05
Another reason to avoid the big boys  carpenter114@... | 08/13/05
The eco-system needs to reinvest in itself  __howard__ | 08/13/05
actually....  spdrcrtob | 08/14/05
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/12/05
Just don't forget which are friends and which are enemies  voska | 08/12/05
Irrelevent Observation That I Am Probably The Only One To Find Amusing  Whyaylooh | 08/12/05
ROFL (NT)  Update victim | 08/12/05
Billy is feeling the pressure ,,,  EliteSysUser | 08/12/05
Linux could be good for Microsoft  voska | 08/12/05
If Microsoft were to convert to Linux ...  ShadeTree | 08/12/05
If MS moves to linux.....  hal9000mx | 08/12/05
"Choice" is not about choice ...  Too Old For IT | 08/12/05
The real question is ...  George Mitchell | 08/12/05
I agree  voska | 08/12/05
It all comes back to business...  OliverSeal | 08/12/05
about as well put as I've ever heard  daver_z | 08/12/05
This is the heart of the matter.  mustangj36@... | 08/12/05
Source of the "evil incarnate"  carpenter114@... | 08/13/05
Who says they have to tie it specifically to Linux?  Michael Kelly | 08/12/05
What Are KDE and Gnome Competing For?  PMC-CON | 08/12/05
Obviously you don't understand free software  Michael Kelly | 08/12/05
Free Software is About ...  PMC-CON | 08/13/05
What about the US Navy ,,,  EliteSysUser | 08/12/05
RE: What Are KDE and Gnome Competing For?  Linux User 147560 | 08/12/05
Topped Your BS With Another Nasty Comment ...  PMC-CON | 08/13/05
RE: Topped Your BS With Another Nasty Comment ...  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/05
These are simply alternatives for the same thing: the desktop  michael_t | 08/13/05
Re: If Microsoft were to convert to Linux ...  none none | 08/12/05
I don't want ms to die  JasonL31 | 08/14/05
That's what apple did!  Protector | 08/15/05
Right on the mark!  George Mitchell | 08/12/05
I wish that MS would port  michael_t | 08/12/05
Actually the Unix/Linux kernels contain more  ShadeTree | 08/12/05
Actually the Unix/Linux kernels contain more..NOT  BaronVonServers | 08/12/05
Read and Learn  michael_t | 08/12/05
FYI  ShadeTree | 08/12/05
And you are upset because  michael_t | 08/12/05
BTW, I bash the QUALITY of MS's products,  michael_t | 08/12/05
Check out below....  michael_t | 08/12/05
As I said above ...  ShadeTree | 08/12/05
"Finally" in 1995? It is 2005 now  michael_t | 08/12/05
Re: Actually the Unix/Linux kernels contain more  none none | 08/12/05
linux kernel and drivers built in? lmao  linuxoverwindows | 08/12/05
Microsoft Linux 2007...  Rodney Davis | 08/13/05
You mean... let's figure out how to break Linux  cagranitz@... | 08/12/05
Why bother?  dwjackson | 08/12/05
See?!!  dbrimlow | 08/12/05
Ubuntu  excelsior@... | 08/12/05
Ubuntu is just one of 100's of killer distro's  daver_z | 08/12/05
Ubuntu is just one of 100's of killer distro's  nutscraper | 08/12/05
Research mr. Bill Hilf...  tonydi | 08/12/05
Linux: maybe the best thing that happened to MS  michael_t | 08/12/05
Re: Linux: maybe the best thing that happened to MS  Otto_Delete | 08/12/05
The funny thing is that they always "leverage" other firms'  michael_t | 08/12/05
Ease and compatibility -Microsofts only salvation  daver_z | 08/12/05
Looking at Microsoft's Linux lab  classen | 08/12/05
Whoops!!! correction to the above.  classen | 08/12/05
People do not grasp that had they been pouring  michael_t | 08/16/05
(nt)So are you guys gonna thank Microsoft for funding that GAIM patch?  toadlife | 08/12/05
Why should they?  balsover | 08/12/05
(nt)Why does GAIM support MSN then?  toadlife | 08/12/05
'Cause there's a GAIM version for Windows? (NT)  thetargos | 08/12/05
(nt)Which sucks rocks .. yes I've tried it  toadlife | 08/12/05
If I ever use it, sure  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/05
So do the MS developers...  Cardinal_Bill | 08/12/05
A good first start  supoman | 08/12/05
Amazing how many people don't read the story.  Anton Philidor | 08/12/05
No, not really.  Cardinal_Bill | 08/12/05
Their "own stuff" is working together.  Anton Philidor | 08/13/05
Anton.  Cardinal_Bill | 08/13/05
It's called competition.  Anton Philidor | 08/14/05
RE: It's called competition.  Linux User 147560 | 08/14/05
We'd almost be in agreement...  Anton Philidor | 08/14/05
Corrected sentence  Anton Philidor | 08/14/05
Re: We'd almost be in agreement...  none none | 08/14/05
Relying on facts.  Anton Philidor | 08/15/05
Oh really ! Bill Gates is sleeping in our camp now .  EliteSysUser | 08/12/05
Linux Vendors to feel the pressure  John Zern | 08/12/05
Alway late adopters  stomfi@... | 08/12/05
VistaLinux, lmao, and other M$ abominations to run on Linux...  Colonel_Panic | 08/12/05
It is called capitalism....  Donbans_z | 08/13/05
Dear MS: I think you need to FURTHER  michael_t | 08/12/05
micrjunk has the upper hand...  linuxoverwindows | 08/12/05
Why Linux failed me  Canario_z | 08/13/05
RE: Why Linux failed me  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/05
Still Drinking the KoolAid ...  PMC-CON | 08/13/05
RE: Still Drinking the KoolAid ...  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/05
Such a tiresome scenario  daver_z | 08/13/05
RE: Still Drinking the KoolAid ... part duex!  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/05
Flawed logic and some advice for you  toadlife | 08/14/05
RE: Flawed logic and some advice for you  Linux User 147560 | 08/14/05
But MS customers...  Hugh Jass | 08/14/05
Linux User, stop and think.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/13/05
RE: Linux User, stop and think.  Linux User 147560 | 08/14/05
Re: Linux User, stop and think.  none none | 08/14/05
Just some humble input  mahlukai | 08/18/05
Need for admin skills  __howard__ | 08/19/05
Yap, I also remember  michael_t | 08/13/05
"Unsecureable"  toadlife | 08/13/05
ms dos never failed me wink  Pelger | 08/16/05
Linux, or Xenix? Pick one..  ve3ofa | 08/13/05
I wish that MS takes an HONEST look at the alternatives  michael_t | 08/13/05
I bought Linux because...  WinRegMan | 08/13/05
RE: I bought Linux because...  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/05
Re: I Bought Linux Because...  WinRegMan | 08/14/05
I love Windows 2000, but the love affair stops  bjbrock | 08/14/05
People are tired  oblivionxyz@... | 08/14/05
Not a sell out, just tired of rivalry.  whieber | 08/14/05
BSD maybe, but not GPL  __howard__ | 08/19/05
Install OSX on any Peecee!  Reverend MacFellow | 08/15/05
PIRATE!  osreinstall | 08/15/05
But; then again...!  papatator | 08/15/05
Micro$oft Linux ....Brrr!  ihatelinux | 04/12/06

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