Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:06:23 -0500 (EST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario |
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On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Brian Gerst wrote:
> The problem with this statement is that Linux users are a drop in the > bucket of sales for this hardware. Boycotting doesn't cost the vendors > enough to make them care.
Profit margins in the hardware world are small enough that 1% of the users can have a significant influence...
> And this does nothing for people who are converting over to > Linux, and didn't buy hardware with that consideration in mind.
Not in the short term, no. But in the long term it may make a difference.
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