Re: windows future

[Rob Thompson <my.security.lists () gmail com>]

First off, I want to second what Rohit said below.  I have a 901 and it
came that way as well.  Granted I've hacked the shit out of it and now
it's running something else and very well at that, but by default they
are super easy machines to run.  And everything just works.


Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Friday, August 28, 2009 13:40:28 -0500 Rohit Patnaik <quanticle () gmail com> 
> wrote:
>
> > To be fair, Linux has come a very long way in that regard. I purchased
> > an Asus Eee 900 with Linux preinstalled, and everything worked right out
> > of the box. Flash, Java, OpenOffice, the works. It was a vindication of
> > my view that the real obstacle to Linux on the desktop isn't the user,
> > but rather the OEM.
> >
> > With low-cost, low-power netbooks becoming more prevalent, OEMs are
> > finding that the cost of the Windows license begins to take up a rather
> > high percentage of the overall cost.  Therefore, many are preinstalling
> > and preconfiguring Linux. At the same time, consumers are finding that
> > application incompatibilities don't really matter for them, since the
> > Linux equivalents are able to handle data coming from a Windows box with
> > a minimum of fuss.
>
> That's good news.  Once updating issues are resolved and Xorg becomes as good 
> as Mac and Windows graphics (it's almost there now - it just doesn't quite have 
> the "pop" or "wow factor" of Macs), the obstacles to migration (for the 
> consumer) will be availability and the knowledge that an alternative exists. 
> At that point I think we'll see Microsoft's market share begin eroding badly.

IMO - the Linux graphics are equivalent with Windows.  Mac though,
that's another thing.  Ubuntu did good to try to add a lot more "pretty"
into their desktop with the last release, to specifically compete with
Mac, but Mac still owns that beast.

Mac's really are something else to look at.  But I'd never own one.  ;p
 I like Apple as much as I like Microsoft.

Y'all have a great weekend.  :)

-- 
Rob  (I am a PC and I run Linux.)

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