Re: VISTA

On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:50:51 -0800 (PST), rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
wrote:

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>What kind of dope are you smoking???  Can I get some?
>
>To say that "nobody" is buying Vista is absurd.  

>Virtually every PC sold has Vista on it.  
Do you suppose that might be because there aren't many other easily
available choices?

>Some percentage of them may also have an XP
>license, but that brings in even more cash for MS.

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I doubt that I will ever buy any MS product again, but that's just me.
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On Jan 24, 11:08=A0pm, ArarghMail901NOS...@NOT.AT.Arargh.com wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:50:51 -0800 (PST), rickman <gnu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >What kind of dope are you smoking??? =A0Can I get some?
>
> >To say that "nobody" is buying Vista is absurd. =A0
> >Virtually every PC sold has Vista on it. =A0
>
> Do you suppose that might be because there aren't many other easily
> available choices?

That is not relevant.  CBF was suggesting that MS was hurting
economically because people were not buying Vista and that this was
because they didn't *like* Vista.  My point is that MS developed a
business model some time ago that they dominated the market through
inertia, by being the defacto standard.  That has not changed in any
significant way.  Linux has not made any inroads visible to the
average person.  MS office package is still the "norm" in spite of the
presence of a very compatible ***FREE*** alternative.

Yes, there *is* little choice of OS in the market.  That is the
point.  MS still dominates and is going to dominate for the
foreseeable future.  I'm not saying I like that or that it is good.  I
am just saying that currently it is inevitable.


> >Some percentage of them may also have an XP
> >license, but that brings in even more cash for MS.
>
> <snip>
>
> I doubt that I will ever buy any MS product again, but that's just me.

I only wish I had an economical choice.  My main customer does not use
MS Office and sends me Open Office files not even compatible with MS
Office.  But I still have to have MS Office if I want to do business
with some customers.  I paid $550 for my latest PC which is a laptop.
When I looked for Linux alternatives, I found units that were nearly
twice that amount and offered a lot less.  I may buy a new Linux
desktop or convert an old one to Linux.  But that won't be my main
machine, but rather a learning device.

Rick