On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 22:34 +0530, Mehul Ved wrote:
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Sanket Shah 88.sanket@gmail.com wrote:
Many people use linux also that way (why bother getting more users at all?), if the attitude is that people don't deserve to use FOSS, then linux has lost right now.
For you, market penetration maybe a big thing but it needn't be for everyone. For others, they would be looking at other factors. So, I don't agree to your statement that linux has lost because it does not have a huge user base.
Exactly. And b the way linux indeed has a big although not a huge userbase *right now*. I must tell you that many venders whom I surveyed are recommending linux to their customers mainly due to the fact that softwares like forefox, vlc and open office come along the Os and that the OS itself, given all the convenience is totally virus free. out of these about 25% of the dealers were recommending linux (ubuntu) as the first choice. Many custommers according to them liked the idea and actually went for linux. And as I said in one of my previous emails, if we start approaching linux as a "package that dealers can give ", then there is no problem marketing it. I have done this successfully (not to pention I keep good contacts like roni and many other foss experts give add-hock help ).
And the reason why linux does not "seem to " grow in popularity is that people using it don't really report or advertise about its use. I very often meet people from organisations who surprise me by telling me that they are used to using linux in their organisations and are not really willing to switch over to windows.
But there is no such advertise from these users.
Happy hacking. Krishnakant.