[Cialug] Windows 7 Hotcakes

[Dave Hala Jr]

On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 08:48 -0600, Todd Walton wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Dave Hala Jr <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> > You assume that people are making a choice to use Vista/Windows 7. They
> > aren't. They are just making a choice to get a new computer and whatever
> > it comes with, is what they get.
> >
> > When you explain the options to them and explain the differance between
> > Vista/7/Mac/Linux, most feel like Windows is the best choice.
> 
> So, even if people weren't forced to choose Windows (new computer)
> they'd still choose it?  Then I don't have to assume that they're
> making the choice.  It turns out the same either way.

Yes, if computers came without an OS and they got to pick, the salesman
at Best Buy would say: "Well everyone is using 7, that's the best
choice."  It kinda reminds of the saying 20 years ago... "No one ever
got fired for buying IBM..."
> 
> > When was the last time someone emailed a .wmv file to your mom, running
> > linux and she could view it by just clicking on it? Same with the newer
> > versions of word and excel. The average person wants an appliance where
> > everything works.
> 
> I, too, dream sometimes that a computer can be an appliance.  It's
> unfortunate that it can't.
> 
> > I gave up trying to get .wmv files to play on my centos 5 x64 machine.
> > I've got actual work to get done, I don't have time to screw around with
> > it, I'm actually money ahead to just put a windows 7 laptop on my desk
> > next to my Linux machine.
> 
> You're money ahead.  But I hold out hope that that kind of BS will put
> an enterprising Linux company money ahead by fixing it.

Don't get me wrong, I spend all day sitting in front of and working on
a Linux box,  but its just not hungry enough to get in the stream with
the big school of piranha.
> 
> > Until that goes away, Windows 7 and Vista, won't suck, no matter
> > how much they suck.
> 
> Great line.
> 
> --
> Todd
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