Richard Reynolds wrote:
Want to compete. I'm ALL for it. Find a better product (who cares how)
but it had better be better, not just an alternative. Because this "Its
better because its not M$" is not going to work. Set a better price, ok
how about a
In order to compete to the extent that it has today all Linux has had to
do is gather together thousands of the worlds best programmers and get
them to work together for 17 years for free and then give their work away
for free. I just don't get why others can't compete with MS also.
Thats exactly my point!
17 years and we dont have BETTER, we have an alternative. Its still not
BETTER! its nice, and in many ways it is better, but its not BETTER.
we can throw around words like "its more secure", "its more reliable","its
free" and IT IS (to a point), but its a good starting point, and where linux
is standing is in a good spot. but some programmers are over in the Gnome
camp trying to make something better, some are in the KDE camp trying to
make it better. some play with this, some play with that.... some are doing
this some are doing that. great.
Lets try it this way how can we compete with toyota if everyone is building
a better mousetrap! toyota (M$ in this example) already has a car everyone
recognises, its got great economy, (low enough running costs), has a higher
resale value vs its buying value. a NEW competitor to toyota cant come out
with an ((insert your fav worst car)). even if you can get it in your choice
of 2 to 4 seats, 3 to 6 cyclinder engines, air/auto ......
Richard Reynolds
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