Random Hesitations: The new threat to windummy productivity in the office
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From: Moshe on 5 Apr 2010 10:03 On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 06:34:17 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > There's no technical or usability reason why Linux can't be at 10% of sales. > > The high barrier to entry in the consumer desktop market is still there. It's been tried and the consumers have rejected Linux. When you can't even manage to convince desktop users to take Linux for free, how the hell are you going to sell it to them?
From: Steve Walker on 10 Apr 2010 15:08 John Williamson wrote: > 7 wrote: >> I'm posting this from a Sheevaplug and obviously the features >> such as it being a 5W server cannot be obtained from nowhere at this >> time except through Linux. >> > http://www.casaguemes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=58 > > "The server upon which this website is residing is a 5-watt Fit-PC > Server running Windows XP, XAMPP and Joomla." What was wrong with the linux variant (PN fit-PC2i-D2G-C1600-H-N4-W-XL)? www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc2/fit-pc2-models/
From: Ezekiel on 11 Apr 2010 08:19 "Rex Ballard" <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:57bfe167-a36b-4ee7-afb6-cb4c56a85a8d(a)k33g2000yqc.googlegroups.com... > > The Linux rebuttal > Microsoft is very creative in finding ways to raise the costs and > risks of supporting Linux to the point where it actually becomes less > risky to sell Windows laptops at a significant LOSS than to attempt to > offer Linux versions. Rex - you seem like a decent person but you're a paranoid tin-foil wearing nutjob liar. Not another one of these "retailers and OEMs lose money on every Windows PC they sell" idiot posts. Oh wait... it is. > Microsoft used the trademark control tactic to keep the Linux powered > ACER and ASUS workstations locked in display cases where there was no > possible way for users to see how the devices worked. At Target, the > devices were actually locked in a case that could only be unlocked by > the store manager, and there were NO display units. It was actually > easier to get a unit via the Web. Riiight at Target the machines could only be unlocked by the store manager. Bullshit. > If this is what it takes to keep Linux from capturing 60% of the If these are the lies it takes to convince your tin-foil wearing clan then....
From: Hadron on 12 Apr 2010 09:31 chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> writes: > On 04/04/10 11:28, 7 wrote: >> Random Hesitations: The new threat to windummy productivity in the office >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Windummy OSen loaded PCs are known to the word as a two bit OS that >> hesitates for just about every operation. >> >> These windopws random hesitations loose 500% of the working day. >> > > Just one comment: you can't lose (not loose) 5 times the amount of time > available in total. Anything more than 100% is impossible and a lie. Idiot. > > BTW, learn to type/spell. Apparently he is an insightful and intelligent poster. Or so Chris Ahlstrom maintains. His unique posting style is nothing more than "zany humour".
From: Moshe on 12 Apr 2010 18:51
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:31:30 +0200, Hadron wrote: > chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> On 04/04/10 11:28, 7 wrote: >>> Random Hesitations: The new threat to windummy productivity in the office >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Windummy OSen loaded PCs are known to the word as a two bit OS that >>> hesitates for just about every operation. >>> >>> These windopws random hesitations loose 500% of the working day. >>> >> >> Just one comment: you can't lose (not loose) 5 times the amount of time >> available in total. Anything more than 100% is impossible and a lie. Idiot. >> >> BTW, learn to type/spell. > > Apparently he is an insightful and intelligent poster. Or so Chris > Ahlstrom maintains. His unique posting style is nothing more than "zany > humour". Chris Ahlstrom is an idiot. |