lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1998]   [Oct]   [18]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Linux vs Microsoft
On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Tim Smith wrote:

> > 1. We shouldn't settle for being as bad as 95. It's beneath us.
> >
> > 2. The "buy a preinstalled machine" advice won't be convincing until
> > the big boys (Dell, Gateway, etc) make such an option generally
> > available.
>
> 3. Even if we take the most optimistic estimates of total Linux users, and
> the most pessimistic estimates of Windows 95 upgrade sales, more people
> have bought and installed the Windows 95 upgrade than have installed
> Linux.

How is it relevant? Probably more people have died or got injured in car
accidents than have installed Linux, but I won't blame quality of Linux
user interface for that.

--
Alex


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:45    [W:2.091 / U:27.044 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site