Comment 1825 for bug 1

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Graham <email address hidden> wrote:
> If I walked into a PC World and started ranting off about the lack of support for Linux I would be escorted off the premises.
> And you know it.

And that's why sometimes Linux folks are put into the same basket as
anarchists or even terrorists.

> As far as complaining to the CEO... have you considered what is in it for them?

That's indeed one of the first problems: While the IT admins and
developers are mostly already pro-Linux and some users even, it's the
CEOs that decide. And that's why the year of the Linux desktop will
not come before the young pro-Linux users get into CEO positions
(which I think may probably occur in 30 years - if so).

In my opinion a switch to Open Source pays off in the long run. Most
managers do consider only the next quarter, so here already begins the
problem.

> Do you think you could provide a business case why PC world should
> invest in Linux products if there is no market pull and no return?

Only yesterday I had a discussion with an IT admin about some software
and he complained, that he would use more platform independent
software or Linux software if there would exist the appropriate
software. The point is: As long as the customers are not telling
company xyz: "Hey, your product looked interesting, but you don't
support Linux so I don't buy it", no vendor sees the need to act.
Fortunately some vendors care in the meantime.

Only if the customers say no - definitely no - to propriatary
solutions, vendors need to act accordingly.

> This is what they are being told by the Microsoft.
> ....with a side salad of withdrawing volume discounts if they even dare to speak the word "Linux".

And this is what we have seen with Dell...

> Like I say, I hate that this is the situation, but we are not dealing with a level playing field here.
> This is why it needs a class action case to level the playing field.

Agree with you.

Best regards, Martin.