Martyn wrote: > > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:09:17 +0000 > From: paul mellors < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage > To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > <mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>> > Message-ID: < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > John McCourt wrote: > > No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at > > competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over > > the next few months. > Linux will never compete with the marketing drive of Microsoft. And > windows users will never swap until it's just as easy to use and easy to > setup and it has the same support the same driver support the same > games > applications, oh you know what i mean i needn't go on.... > > > I disagree, I think it would be more realistic to say "windows users > will never swap until you can walk into a shop and buy a Linux PC that's > already been set up for you", I think that by far most of the Windows > PCs are bought 'as is' and most users never go near an O/S installation > or pugrade.
absolutely! In recent years the retail preinstalled market and the hold that ms has - by whatever means - produces no choice and defacto 'computer = windows' for most non techy users. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
