Is Linux Publicity Targeting the Right Market?

“As a matter of fact, what IS the right market for Linux?

“The mythical Average User? No way. The average user wants a
computer that performs the tasks set for it. Those people are in
the market for a computer, a real, physical machine, a tangible
object with a keyboard (real or imaged), a mouse (or
trackpad/trackball/touchscreen), and a display screen. The Average
User scarcely notices, and certainly cares less, what sequence of
binary commands course through the CPU to translate input into
action. It is not HOW the system works that is the issue for the
vast majority of users, but simply WHETHER it does. No, the Average
User is looking for an actual object – hardware, not
methodology.

“Okay, so A. User shouldn’t be the one to target. Who’s next?
Well, someone who already is a Computer User and has a computer
(real, physical machine), but isn’t happy with the way it’s working
AND doesn’t want to replace it with a different one. That’s
important, because even in tight economic times a great many people
who have suffered technological disasters with everything from
toasters to automobiles have come to the conclusion that the
ultimate solution is often to buy a different machine. That puts
them into the Machine Market along with Average.”

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