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| Time: 12:57 EST/17:57 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Why isn't GNU/Linux taking the desktop market by storm? After all, when you make a feature comparison, Linux has a lot going for it. With Windows, the operating system is just a start; you must add applications to make it functional. Many Linux distributions provide a desktop look similar to Windows and include an extensive assortment of applications, programming tools and games. Installing Windows and sundry applications can take most of a day. Contrast that with Linux, where the process typically takes less than 60 minutes. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/14/2002 1:25:07 PM |
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I just rebuilt my desktop at work in under 30 minutes... complete with OfficeXP, virusscan, Visual Studio 6, Acrobat and such. It's our standard dev-build Ghost image.
IIS install is automated, takes about 5 minutes. VS.Net install is automated and takes about an hour. But I'll go to lunch. Now granted at home, it takes me 4 hours or so because I'm installing each and every app manually. I also don't have it documented so I have to think about what I want to install. |
| #2 By 9156 (192.55.140.2) at 11/14/2002 2:54:07 PM |
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I agree with the problem being the user group. Much like AMD Vs. Intel, the original AMD fans pride themselves in not following "chipzilla". The UNIX fans have pride in not following MS. Every once in awhile they will get a break, like the Athlon XP, but the lead is unsustainable due to the focus on a nitch market. They may gain some new ground but in time, the users will switch back seeing that they are being left behind. I know its been frowned on to put IT and the automotive market against each other, but it would be like giving a car away that the people didn’t know how to start, had to go to a special gas station to put gas in, and there were not very many people willing to work on it. It would be a nitch market which would keep it from growing. This post was edited by Austin814 on Thursday, November 14, 2002 at 14:55. |
| #3 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/14/2002 5:04:37 PM |
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"Plus with Mircosofts desktop licening agreement with manufactures, should you install linux on your brand new compaq, hq or gateway, you are in violations of the license terms, since you MUST use a Microsoft os."
That has been true for many years. Further, I believe it is expressly forbidden by the anit-trust settlement agreement. |
| #4 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/14/2002 6:17:04 PM |
| And both are junk compared to Windows NT 5.1. |
| #5 By 9640 (195.92.168.168) at 11/15/2002 8:35:17 AM |
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#1 Installing Windows can take the best part of the day depending upon which version of Windows you have. A base Windows NT4 with the latest service pack can be installed in about 10 minutes. Windows 98SE takes much longer in my experience and requires more reboots. The sooner Microsoft ditches Windows 9X the better! This is already happening. The next version of Office won't be available for it.
The same applies to the stability issues. NT being much better than 9X. http://lee.ic24.net/ |
| #6 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/15/2002 10:46:43 AM |
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#16, the latest? The latest formats have been around since '97 (other than Access). OpenOffice.org (stupid name!) isn't even on par with Microsoft Office 95 much less 97, 2000, or XP. This post was edited by BobSmith on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 10:47. |
| #7 By 1845 (12.254.206.177) at 11/15/2002 6:07:33 PM |
| Talk about sheep, bas. You go spouting your rhetoric, yet you have no facts to back yourself up. You are as reprehensible. You point out the very flaws in others that you have yourself. |
| #8 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 11/16/2002 1:49:59 AM |
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Actually Torvalds doesn't belong in that group, as he's not a Linux zealot. Strange, but true.
Mr. Dee - I would question any self-selective online poll or review forum. They tend to get stuffed by people with political motivations. You see it routinely, OS/2, Linux, Republicans, and so forth... The Internet is not a realiable source of marketing research information because of the way the sampling is done. (i.e. it's not sampled) |
| #9 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 11/16/2002 5:01:21 PM |
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baarod - Ahh, yes there is definately that.
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