Just my 2 cents. I feel that the whole Boycott idea is a moo point.
You can't have people boycott product/service A without feasible alternatives B, C, D, etc... being present, ready, easy to switch to (read: inexpensive in monetary and time investment) and well-known (group mind effect?). Looking at the current market share of M$ Vs. "All Others" in all markets, it is safe to assume that M$ won't be relishing its hold anytime soon. However, users hate change period Not because their current distribution (if you allow me to consider XP and VISTA as "M$ distributions") is better than what they are being offered. But because any change away from the status-quo would mean going through the wicked, wicked learning-curve all over again. This is what I believe the current state of affairs is. And I believe that the "Save Windows XP" petition is witness to the truth of this fact. So where should a new distribution that aims to be adopted widely and quickly get its inspiration from? Hold your tendency to laugh... Mother Nature. Yup. It's called "Aggressive Mimicry". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggressive_mimicry And although the abstract idea is a little chilling and draws an uncomfortable picture (where GNU/Linux is the parasite and the XP user- base is the host), the fact of the matter is: If any distribution were able to mimic the look and feel (and functionality) of XP, the end- user could care less if it were the devil's own OS. "Oh, you say this is free of charge? Even better!" And guess what? You won't need to boycott M$. Not knowingly anyway ;) Best Regards, Notwerk On May 3, 3:15 pm, "Ammar Ibrahim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Al-Faisal El-Dajani > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > we should make sure that the legistlation in Jordan regarding software > > patents is correct > > > That is a contradictory statement. You'll never see a correct implementation > > of patents, because the entire concept is flawed. What we need is to > > completely change the system. As long as you believe in patents, we will > > have problems. > > > > Apple, for example have their technology, and their selling it the way > > they want, without getting in trouble with other people. > > > When it comes to DRM and closing off your platform, Apple is as bad as it > > gets. At least M$ is willing to play with it's partners to make more money. > > Apple wants the entire pie for themselves. People don't attack Apple because > > they are not a threat (yet). A niche with less than 5% market share is not a > > worthy target. > > Actually, this is not true. DRMs don't come from Apple, they come from > record labels. Apple is asking them to make their music DRM free. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
