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| Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote Microsoft still has a majority market share | #481 |
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Gaspard,
That is only "search volume" in the Y-axis in the Google link. I'd love to see what actual installation volumes of non-techies are. I know that Windows is still way ahead but the trends would be interesting to note, especially in Europe.
Right now, I have converted 3 non-techie families from Windows and M$ Office (illegal copies, of course) to Ubuntu + OpenOffice (100% legal). It wasn't easy. They had to re-learn everything (painful) and they lost significant application functionality (E,g, Photoshop. Do *not* mention Gimp; they find it very difficult). It was almost as difficult as learning a new Human language.
However, in the end, bye bye Windows 98/2000/XP and .......
* no laws are broken
* no virii
* no ad creepies
* very stable
* very fast
* more vendor choices
They were all delighted at how easy USB devices plug in and just work as easy as Windows.
I just had to convert all of their office docs with the automated tool....not too bad.
So, there is hope. Probably, Europeans are more adventurous and more likely to buck the US monopolistic trends.
Qu'est-ce qu'on fais alors?