'Re: Licensing (Was: [kde-promo] What's the community up to?)'

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Subject:    Re: Licensing (Was: [kde-promo] What's the community up to?)
From:       Steven Giacomelli <steve () orplex ! com>
Date:       2004-12-09 5:21:55
Message-ID: 41B7E0F3.2010909 () orplex ! com
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Companies selling PCs have to provide customers with what they want -- 
People use an OS because of applications and ease of use -- so u have to 
provide an incentive to switch by making the free OS\software more 
responsive to customer needs either directly or through a filter

Steve

Aaron Seigo wrote:

> On December 8, 2004 21:18, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Thursday 09 December 2004 02:51, Aaron Seigo wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > the vast majority of users choose which OS to run because of the
> > > applications that run on it.
> > > 
> > > 
> > That's wrong. 98% of users don't choose anything. They just use the
> > Windows which comes with their computer.
> > 
> > 
> 
> ... which is chosen by the people who make those computers for the same 
> reasons I outlined. there is no mandate today to ship with Windows. WalMart's 
> selling Linux desktops, even. and yet you are right that 98% of computer come 
> with Windows preinstalled. this is in response to market demand, and in 
> response to the application availability. everything i said stands.
> 
> 
> 
> > > full stop.
> > > 
> > > 
> > (I'm too tired to reply to the rest of the mail. It's too long for
> > me ;-)
> > 
> > 
> 
> yes, let's just destroy KDE and all other Open Software software instead. as 
> winter sets in in the Northern Hemisphere, i can't help but harken back on 
> history and think that Napolean would be proud.
> 
> 
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Companies selling PCs have to provide customers with what they want --
People use an OS because of applications and ease of use -- so u have
to provide an incentive to switch by making the free OS\software more
responsive to customer needs either directly or through a filter<br>
<br>
Steve<br>
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Aaron Seigo wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid200412082201.35073.aseigo@kde.org" type="cite">
  <pre wrap="">On December 8, 2004 21:18, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">On Thursday 09 December 2004 02:51, Aaron Seigo wrote:
    </pre>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <pre wrap="">the vast majority of users choose which OS to run because of the
applications that run on it.
      </pre>
    </blockquote>
    <pre wrap="">That's wrong. 98% of users don't choose anything. They just use the
Windows which comes with their computer.
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
... which is chosen by the people who make those computers for the same 
reasons I outlined. there is no mandate today to ship with Windows. WalMart's 
selling Linux desktops, even. and yet you are right that 98% of computer come 
with Windows preinstalled. this is in response to market demand, and in 
response to the application availability. everything i said stands.

  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <pre wrap="">full stop.
      </pre>
    </blockquote>
    <pre wrap="">(I'm too tired to reply to the rest of the mail. It's too long for
me ;-)
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
yes, let's just destroy KDE and all other Open Software software instead. as 
winter sets in in the Northern Hemisphere, i can't help but harken back on 
history and think that Napolean would be proud.

  </pre>
  <pre wrap="">
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