muazzam wrote:
And 6) when Linux will come pre-installed on new computers instead of Windows.
And pre-compiled
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| Author: | Muazzam [ Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
StartOS wrote: KemyLand wrote: When do you think Windows will decay, and Linux will completely raise? 1.When WINE will work with 99,9999% of apps, not just 95% 2.When someone will figure out a way for magicly transforming windows drivers into linux kernel modules 3.When LibreOffice will get a better UI 4.When a CRITICAL 0day in Windows is found every 12 hours 5.When Linux will gain enough media attention And 6) when Linux will come pre-installed on new computers instead of Windows. |
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| Author: | Techel [ Sat Aug 08, 2015 1:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
muazzam wrote: And 6) when Linux will come pre-installed on new computers instead of Windows. And pre-compiled
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| Author: | iansjack [ Sat Aug 08, 2015 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
You mean like the ones that Dell used to sell with Linux pre-installed? |
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| Author: | Rusky [ Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
Or like the ones that Dell currently sells with Linux pre-installed? Or maybe the other ones Dell currently sells with Linux pre-installed? |
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| Author: | Muazzam [ Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
Computers with Linux pre-installed do exist, but I meant, you know, majority of computers come with Windows. |
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| Author: | iansjack [ Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
muazzam wrote: Computers with Linux pre-installed do exist, but I meant, you know, majority of computers come with Windows. I think you may be confusing cause and effect here. Do the general public not use Linux because computer manufacturers don't sell computers with Linux pre-installed or do computer manufacturers not sell computers with Linux pre-installed (although, as we have seen, actually they do) because the general public don't want it? I see no reason to doubt the usual laws of supply and demand. |
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| Author: | iansjack [ Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
A slight digression, but it does throw some light on the subject. Back in the '90s a major manufacturer and retail chain (I forget their name, but they were German) sold computers in the UK that came pre-installed with OS/2 Warp. Also major manufacturers such as Dell or IBM would supply OS/2 as the installed operating system if required. Even though that was, without question, a better operating system than Windows it died the death. The reason was not a lack of computers with the OS pre-installed. As with BetaMax, Elcaset, Mini Disks, DAT (no, I'm not anti-Sony; they just seem to have a certain knack with these things), etc. the reasons for the popularity, or otherwise, of a particular technology often have little connection with ease of use or technological superiority. |
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| Author: | onlyonemac [ Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: When do you think Microsoft's monopoly will die? |
Actually I'd rather buy a computer with no OS and install my own choice of Linux than to use whatever distro the manufacturer decided to put on it. |
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