Rick Schummer wrote: > The point is, lots of people are being sheep in this case. On the flip side, > I bet lots of people > lined up for an iPhone because they heard it was cool, not because they can > benefit from the > features and functionality. Apple was smart in herding in the sheep.
Historically, Microsoft has loved, encouraged, and benefited immensely from the sheep effect. Sorry for them the sheep are starting to see greener pastures at one or more of the neighboring farms. Apple is becoming the successful sheep herder, but unlike Microsoft they've done it by actually releasing high-quality hardware and software. I don't think people would have bought the iPhone if it hadn't lived up to being really fracking cool. Linux will always be a platform for geeks. However, I believe there will be an exponential increase of numbers of geeks relative to computer users in general, as it becomes easier to develop useful software with less formal computer science training. Linux and open source in general will eventually be ubiquitous, and competent people will make money developing software for that platform. For now, there's plenty of money still to be made capitalizing on fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
