On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:22:30AM -0400, Keith Winston wrote: [...] > There are many reasons to migrate away from the dark side. Here are > three: > > 1. Economics. Windows XP Home, the crippled version costs $199, the > uncrippled Pro version costs $299. When you add up the cost of useful > software applications, you can easily spend several thousand dollars on > closed source applications to get a useful computer. [...]
However, the one thing that usually gets overlooked here is that this is a non-issue for home users. Either their PC comes pre-installed with what they need, or they simply copy it from a friend - i.e. cost = EUR0.00. Lets face it: MS wouldn't have gotten anywhere on the home market without piracy - and from what I hear and see, it hasn't changed much. Just look at the speed and eagerness with which cracks for XPerimiental became available. > 2. Control. Are you are aware that MS includes spyware in their > operating systems? Do you know the media player tracks and uploads what > videos you play? Did you know that their is permanent hidden log of > everywhere you visit saved by IE, even if you delete the history and > cache? Windows and Outlook are the perfect virus breeding grounds. I [...] All true, but - alas! - the average home user doesn't care... > 3. Trust. With Linux, you can see and understand everything going on > in the system. In fact, you are encouraged to learn how things work. Which is inherently frightening for many home users... Don't get me wrong, *I* know your arguments are sound and so do many others on this list (I'd expect...), however, they're just not good enough to be convincing for most users... ...yet (I hope...). Cheerio, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
