Comment 457 for bug 1

On 9/10/07, ThyMythos <email address hidden> wrote:
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> I think this bug should be a differentiated into:
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> 1. "Microsoft has a majority market share in buissness servers"
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> - I DO NOT agree in this!

This has nothing to do with 'agree' or not: just do the math. Of course,
parameters and interpretation can be an issue: 'number of servers' of
'number of end-users attached to a server (CAL)'? Maybe checking for
mainframe or midrange adding in the math would give another end-result: but
I think we must not take that into accound and just count the
'pizza-box-alike servers in a rack with AMD/intel or other kind of hardware'
where Microsoft *can* be installed. So to change the first sentence from
"Microsoft has a majority market share in buissness servers" to "Microsoft
has a majority market share in bussiness servers on which Microsoft software
*can* be installed", that is true.

2. "Microsoft has a majority market share in buissness desktops"
>
> - I think this is true, although I'm not so familiar with it. IBM is a
> good example that it's maybe not true everywhere.
>
> - What can we do about it? I think this is the most difficult part of
> the bug.
>
> 3. "Microsoft has a majority market share in government desktops"
>
> - At least here in Germany this is about to change. Have a look at
> Munich for example.
>
> 4. "Microsoft has a majority market share in personal desktops"
>
> - This is the most severe part of the bug.
>
> - What can we do about it? The problem is, I think, the ordinary desktop
> user wants to buy a computer that just works and is cheap. Linux is
> great for that, but unfortunatly a lot of cheap hardware does not work
> under linux and no manufacturer is going to change that, because it's
> not the cheap hardware they make money with.
>
> 5. "Microsoft has a majority market share for hardcore gamers"
>
> - This is true
>
> - What can we do about it? Hardcore gamers buy the latest and most
> expensive hardware, so if gamers wanted to play under linux,
> manufacturers would have to deal with it. So how can we convince gamers
> to play under linux? My idea would be to set up live-DVDs with one or
> more games that already work perfectly under linux and distribute them
> at LAN-partys. By this, the gamers would realize how easy it is to play
> games together without having to install the same patchlevel of a game
> everywhere. It s more like playing on a console: Just put the DVD in and
> start the computer.
>
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> Microsoft has a majority market share
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