[ Thanks to erlik
for this link. ]
“Now let’s transpose that to the world of operating
systems: there are many talented developers and programmers that
are working on desktop Linux but there are very few talented
salesmen that are working on selling desktop Linux. The result:
desktop Linux doesn’t sell! Of course, it sells to some people, the
people “in the known”, but it doesn’t sell well to the mass market.
It doesn’t sell in high street shops because no one is selling
desktop Linux to the big electronic retail chains. There is no
advertising of desktop Linux so there is not an overwhelming demand
for it, so the retailers won’t stock Linux machines.“Let’s try to see this from the point of view of the retailer.
What he wants to do is sell as many computers as possible. He can
do this 2 ways: either he sells a product that many people want, or
convince people to buy what he has. Now predicting what people want
is easy for heavily marketed items like iPods and iPhones, but it
is much more tricky for computers.”