On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Graham <ubu...@grahams.idps.co.uk> wrote: > If I walked into a PC World and started ranting off about the lack of support > for Linux I would be escorted off the premises. > And you know it.
And that's why sometimes Linux folks are put into the same basket as anarchists or even terrorists. > As far as complaining to the CEO... have you considered what is in it for > them? That's indeed one of the first problems: While the IT admins and developers are mostly already pro-Linux and some users even, it's the CEOs that decide. And that's why the year of the Linux desktop will not come before the young pro-Linux users get into CEO positions (which I think may probably occur in 30 years - if so). In my opinion a switch to Open Source pays off in the long run. Most managers do consider only the next quarter, so here already begins the problem. > Do you think you could provide a business case why PC world should > invest in Linux products if there is no market pull and no return? Only yesterday I had a discussion with an IT admin about some software and he complained, that he would use more platform independent software or Linux software if there would exist the appropriate software. The point is: As long as the customers are not telling company xyz: "Hey, your product looked interesting, but you don't support Linux so I don't buy it", no vendor sees the need to act. Fortunately some vendors care in the meantime. Only if the customers say no - definitely no - to propriatary solutions, vendors need to act accordingly. > This is what they are being told by the Microsoft. > ....with a side salad of withdrawing volume discounts if they even dare to > speak the word "Linux". And this is what we have seen with Dell... > Like I say, I hate that this is the situation, but we are not dealing with a > level playing field here. > This is why it needs a class action case to level the playing field. Agree with you. Best regards, Martin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs