On Wednesday 18 January 2006 4:18 pm, DJ wrote:
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 20:13, Rony Bill wrote:
'setup.exe'. Thats what really clicks with people. With M$ compounding the problem by donating computers to schools and colleges, this Linux vision still looks distant. I am sorry if I sound negative.
I beg to differ. This problem that you are referring to isn't really a "problem". It's an effect of natural selection, survival of the fittest.
Sorry to interrupt your cerebrations but businesses survive by natural selection in an environment defined by law. M$ survives by repeatedly violating these laws. That is not natural selection but completely unnatural selection. They would'nt last a few years otherwise and would not be able to donate a floppy let alone pcs.
Even though Windoze isn't such a great OS, it still manages to attract a lot of users. Why? There are several reasons for it. Piracy is just one of them.
Other reasons include but not limited to Pirating others code Forcing companies to exclude competing OSs Filing prior art and trivial patents.
If GNU/Linux isn't able to attract a lot of users then GNU/Linux will die. It's a part of the process of natural selection. There is no point denying it. GNU/Linux will have to adapt or else...
It is not merely surviving it's ahead in the race in most places. So let's see.
Sometime back I had posted a concept of using a solar parabolic reflector furnace to boil water and use the steam to power turbines to produce bulk electricity and also use this technology to convert salt or polluted water into potable water for rural areas. I wonder if anyone in IIT would be interested to make a working prototype. A final year project or something like that?
We already have these - Monsoon season. Jokes apart the sizes for usable reflectors make them impractical for bulk power. The power sources available are due to solar energy concentrated over long periods (or areas) and released in short periods or small areas.