XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: flatfish99_spmrmv@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:54:11 -0300, Magno wrote:   
      
   > On 12/08/2010 12:43 AM, ZnU wrote:   
   >> In article,   
   >>   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In message, ZnU wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> But it's easy to answer the question of who wins from more widespread   
   >>>> adoption of Windows.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not so easy. First of all, you must ask: _legitimate_ adoption of Windows,   
   >>> or _illegitimate_ adoption? With as many as 50% of the world’s   
   copies of   
   >>> Windows pirated, that means the market for proprietary software may not be   
   >>> as big as people assume.   
   >>   
   >> Even pirated copies of software can help strengthen the value networks   
   >> that surround it. Indeed, many have noted that Microsoft largely seems   
   >> to turn a blind eye to developing world piracy, probably for just this   
   >> reason. They'd rather have people using illegal Windows than legal Linux.   
   >   
   > What happens is that Microsoft works with the ignorance of people. They   
   > make users think that Windows is the only thing that exists to make a   
   > computer work.   
      
   You mean like BMW tries to convince consumers that the BMW is the   
   ultimate driving machine.   
      
   Or how Wheaties cereal tries to convince consumers that it's the   
   breakfast of champions.   
      
   Etc.   
      
      
   > I doubt that even half of the so mentioned imaginary 90% of Windows   
   > users say when installing.- “Windows or a Linux Distribution? Windows!!   
   > Because it works better, much better.”. Nop, that doesn’t happen.   
      
   True.   
      
   That happens once they see the horrible Linux applications.   
   That's usually the straw that breaks the camel's back and what   
   ultimately sends the user running back to Windows.   
      
      
   --   
   flatfish+++   
   Mariana Trench.   
   Desktop Linux doesn't suck, it's just ignored.   
   Here are Linux desktop usage figures:   
   http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/69108   
      
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