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Linux...Why Is It So Hard to Give It Away?
Apr 8, 2008, 00 :00 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (6720 reads)

(Other stories by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes)

"Can you give Linux away? By that, I mean will we see a point where a significant number of PCs are sold not with a costly version of Windows or Mac OS installed on them, but with Linux instead?

"Increasingly, people are moving away from desktop applications and turning to Internet-based services for email and communication. This means that the operating system has handed the center stage over to the Web browser as people no longer have to rely on installing applications on their PCs in order to carry out simple day-to-day tasks.

"So, given this shift, why are people still paying $50 to $100 for Windows (or far more than that for an Apple system) when Linux could be everything these users want from an OS...?"

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Regardless of how you may see as a legit ...   Consumers don't like a lot of change   
Roni M. Oliva
Apr 8, 2008, 01:03:35
 
I don't know the headline "Linux...W ...   Better headline?   
DDahl
Apr 8, 2008, 06:44:31
 
Embedded routers, hand held computers, p ...   Low end computers   
Jimmy the Geek
Apr 8, 2008, 07:31:03
 
I used to wonder why myself why it is so ...   The reason - kickbacks   
Shiva
Apr 8, 2008, 11:18:27
 
They don't take any control of their ...   Same reason people get obese   
Mark
Apr 8, 2008, 19:01:26
 
Just not fast enough for alot of people, ...   Linux/GNU is making headway   
LD
Apr 8, 2008, 19:52:08
 
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