On 02/27/2012 01:42 AM, »John« wrote: > This is both *absolutely disgusting* and *absolutely unacceptable* as > it *proves that OEMs can be bought*.
Of course they can be bought. They are a business, with a mandate to make money. That is the purpose of business. And Windows makes money. Starting with Dell, Windows volume licenses are cheap. One figure is as low as $35. Preloaded trial software product placement is expensive. One figure is $10 per item. So add MS Office, Symantic AntiVirus, and a half dozen games, and you have Windows making about $30 per unit. Now support... People have less support issues WHERE THEY CALL IN TO DELL on Windows. Yes, they have issues all the time, but the call a friend, ask the local geek, or go to Best Buy. Linux has less common support options, so they get more calls. The fact is that for making money, Windows is a better product. Now if Canonical were to work with Crossover office to create a triel version with trial office, they might get a product placement package for OEMs to include. Make Linux profitable for a business, and it will use it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
