hey... my $0.02 worth..and i don't normally follow this group/thread.... for linux to compete/succeed against windows/msoft on the desktop... there needs to be a rock solid office set of apps... for 20% of the price... then you would see msoft fall like a rock... if oracle put in a $1 billion, and sun gave their star office app, and then a huge open source app was create with the star office/funds as a start... within 12-18 months you'd put a dent in msoft.... have fun -bruce -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bret Hughes Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 7:10 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: OS Desktop Business Model? On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 17:55, Hal Burgiss wrote: > On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 05:49:46PM -0500, Jeff Wimmer wrote: > > > at a reasonable price and marketed correctly with Openoffice, they'll have a > > desktop that competes hands down with Windows. > > There's still one big difference ... windows is for weenies, and Linux > is not. > > -- Unfortunately for those of us who are not are evidently in the minority. (I may not be a guru but certainly not a weenie) It is the thundering horde of weenies that drive computer/os sales. Unless and until someone provides a combination of linux that can be run by weenies that don't want to know anything other than what button I do I push to do blah blah a linux based distro does not have a chance generating Joe Home User sales that might provide much revenue. RedHat is the only distro I have ever really used for more than a week at a time but distance it has come in the short 5 years or so since I started dinking with it is lightyears. I 'spect we'll get there eventually but there is still a long way to go. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
