From: Kadaitcha Man on 7 Jan 2010 05:41 Some uninformed lumpsucker named 7 ejaculated: > Nope. Linux is strong in embedded applications like all Flat TVs sold, > all MP3 players sold, DVD players sold, routers sold, digital photo > frames sold, ip webcams sold, etc. They are also in 33% of all netbooks > sold. Most smartphones are Linux. All e-books are Linux. The revenue > from all of these for the retailer running their business is counted in > Linux dollars. They are seeing massive boost to their income from Linux. --- Instrumental --- In dem old cotton fields back home In dem old cotton fields back home... -- Test signature
From: Arny Krueger on 7 Jan 2010 07:12 "Kadaitcha Man" <anon(a)no.email> wrote in message news:1a741g$3n1$8(a)torpid-easy-ride.org.bulgaria > Some trolls are dumber than igneous rocks.
From: Kadaitcha Man on 7 Jan 2010 07:25 Some moss-grown meat flapper named Rick toadied: > On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:48:03 +0000, bbgruff wrote: > >> amicus_curious wrote: >> >> >>> "bbgruff" <bbgruff(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:7qk94iFt4mU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> >>> >>>> In that vein, I'm just giving trolls, Windows Enthusiasts etc. >>>> advance notice and warning. Considering the much stronger postion of >>>> Linux on netbooks (and the anticipated Google OS!), phones, and >>>> various other devices, perhaps our friends would like to consult >>>> Redmond and familiarise >>>> themselves with the future party line on this? Have they got a >>>> different measure that they would like to use? >>>> >>>> >>> Well, if you are in business, then the thing that counts the most is >>> how much money is in the system and how profitable the products you >>> are selling >>> can become. Trying to compare the number of times that a web site is >>> accessed with one OS or another or whether a cell phone accessing a >>> web site means anything in regard to some OS or other is useless >>> unless it has some >>> reliable connection to making a business decision. It is easy to >>> directly measure the revenues from Windows, Red Hat, Novell, and >>> whatever other OS product may be for sale. That is how the market is >>> actually measured and that is how the companies participating in the >>> market keep score. >>> >>> Everything else is just a mirage. >> >> An interesting response :-) >> >> So if the day comes when Microsoft sells just *one* copy of Windows in >> the year, and every other new computer/device sold that year runs a >> gratis version of Linux, Microsoft will have 100% of the market that >> year, and I will be happy watching my mirage? > > No, Microsoft would have 100% of whatever market that copy of Windows > was sold into. So, you are predicting that that "just *one* copy of Windows" will not be able to run, say, OpenOffice? Hmmm? You fuckwitted linux-using nincompoop. -- Test signature
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