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There, there......it'll be ok.

Please get off of that non-argument. Microsoft was the reason those OEM's exist by and large, but i have to wonder, why are they the only ones that can sell PCs? Why does Microsoft's partners have to suddenly start losing money by selling machines with an OS that has no popularity...maybe unicef could help you out?


Think of it, anything that becomes popular in this world, any idea, product, service, that commands attention, what happens? Venture capitalists, wealthy entrepreneurs, the market in general, they build that product up, provide the funds to get that product or service to as many people as possible, the inventor really has nothing to do once it catches on. Look at Krispy Kreme. But even the popular Firefox browser's maker, Mozilla, has to rely on backdoor deals with Google and Yahoo to get funding from the com side to the org side, instead of going commercial with the software. Why is the latter worse? It can still be open.



So, if Linux based OSes were popular in their own right, and VCs et al saw potential and growth, there would have been an ecosystem build up around it by now...long ago if it's what many claim it is. Don't you think it's the non commerical nature of it that has kept it from being picked up by any backers until recently? You call Microsoft selling it's OS through it's partners "illegal", yet you probably don't want Linux OSes to go fully commercial? If it had, 5 years ago, gone retail and advertised, any of the better distros, it would be way further along, but nope, it's easier to blaim Microsoft for controlling the world with their evil powers. bwwaa haaa ha.

People know nothing of it by and large because there is no way for them to hear about it except word of mouth. That might be ok for a local business, but expect decades for a product available globally to take off big time by word of mouth.


So most Linux fanboys want it to be "free" and "open" and yet they complain about capitalist companies making money and why those capitalist companies don't offer their "free" and "open" OS on their machines. My Son is 5 years old and could answer that question for you, and it would not be "because Microsoft forces you to buy their product".


If Linux based software wants to make it big, there will need to be more canonicals that are led by a capitalist, not someone like RMS.


People are not going to just one day say, hey, I shouldn't have to pay for my OS dammit, i'm going to find out if there is a free one. That's just not going to happen. Linux based OSes need to find their own channels of distribution and their own exposure. would it kill FOSS to run advertisments and get people curious about it??


I'm not against open source, i just think the people that use it are blaming the wrong ones when it comes to the availability of hardware with a Linux OS preinstalled, or naked. They have to make that happen and easily could with some concessions. Heck, OSS has already gotten in bed with Google and IBM and so many other big corporations, why not go retial and charge something for it so that the Bestbuys, the Dells and the NEW channels open up to it?



In the meantime, you don't think a magic fairy is going to make it happen, do you?

Posted by: xuniL_z   Posted on: 10/03/08  (Edited: 10/03/2008 @ 10:57) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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