Re: Linux vs Microsoft

Alex Belits (abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 01:37:42 -0700 (PDT)


On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Tim Smith wrote:

> > 1. We shouldn't settle for being as bad as 95. It's beneath us.
> >
> > 2. The "buy a preinstalled machine" advice won't be convincing until
> > the big boys (Dell, Gateway, etc) make such an option generally
> > available.
>
> 3. Even if we take the most optimistic estimates of total Linux users, and
> the most pessimistic estimates of Windows 95 upgrade sales, more people
> have bought and installed the Windows 95 upgrade than have installed
> Linux.

How is it relevant? Probably more people have died or got injured in car
accidents than have installed Linux, but I won't blame quality of Linux
user interface for that.

--
Alex

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