Linux, At least 10 years and still less than 1 percent of desktop market share? PATHETIC

[kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com]

Sorry, But I Can Not Do That Right Now (I Can Not Afford The Cost Of
Shipping, Because I Am Not Working Right Now), And I Usually Install Windows
Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 Using Daemon Tools (Because I Sometimes Have
Problems With The Burning Process), Just FYI.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Kevin, could you burn me a copy of Windows Server 2008 RC0 x86 and mail it
> to me? I downloaded it, but its corrupted and I can't bother again. Email
> me for details.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> <kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eOOMhQSFIHA.5752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I Have No Problems At All With Open Source Linux Ubuntu Support For My
>>Hardware, I Plan To Return To It Just As Soon As The 110th U.S.A. Congress
>>Adjourns For Their Traditional Holiday Recess, Just FYI.
>>
>> <big.momma.thornton@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1193107883.783150.150980@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071017/bs_nf/56073_ylt=Ag8nNmACRlCEbAitLafU9IUjtBAF
>>>
>>> Oh excuse me, Linux market share can't be measured.
>>> Except of course when a Linux zealot discovers some survey, usually on
>>> a pro linux site that shows a good number and then of course Linux's
>>> market share CAN be measured.
>>>
>>> Face the facts, Linux is has and always will be a dud on the desktop
>>> until it gets support from major hardware and software vendors.
>>>
>>> Until Linux can offer seamless integration with what are 99 percent
>>> Windows shops, Linux is a dead end.
>>>
>>> The facts, and no matter where you look excepting Linux whoring sites
>>> of course, the numbers are all in the same area and they are miserable.
>>>
>>
>
>

 

[kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com]

P.S. By The Way, What Happened To Your 64 Bit Computer? I Know That You Used
To Always Be In To The X64 Versions Of Windows, That Is Unless I Am Getting
You Mixed Up With Some One Else? Just FYI.

<kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uxtMf5YFIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Sorry, But I Can Not Do That Right Now (I Can Not Afford The Cost Of
> Shipping, Because I Am Not Working Right Now), And I Usually Install
> Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 Using Daemon Tools (Because I
> Sometimes Have Problems With The Burning Process), Just FYI.
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23HHONVSFIHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Kevin, could you burn me a copy of Windows Server 2008 RC0 x86 and mail
>> it to me? I downloaded it, but its corrupted and I can't bother again.
>> Email me for details.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
>> <kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eOOMhQSFIHA.5752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I Have No Problems At All With Open Source Linux Ubuntu Support For My
>>>Hardware, I Plan To Return To It Just As Soon As The 110th U.S.A.
>>>Congress Adjourns For Their Traditional Holiday Recess, Just FYI.
>>>
>>> <big.momma.thornton@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1193107883.783150.150980@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071017/bs_nf/56073_ylt=Ag8nNmACRlCEbAitLafU9IUjtBAF
>>>>
>>>> Oh excuse me, Linux market share can't be measured.
>>>> Except of course when a Linux zealot discovers some survey, usually on
>>>> a pro linux site that shows a good number and then of course Linux's
>>>> market share CAN be measured.
>>>>
>>>> Face the facts, Linux is has and always will be a dud on the desktop
>>>> until it gets support from major hardware and software vendors.
>>>>
>>>> Until Linux can offer seamless integration with what are 99 percent
>>>> Windows shops, Linux is a dead end.
>>>>
>>>> The facts, and no matter where you look excepting Linux whoring sites
>>>> of course, the numbers are all in the same area and they are miserable.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

[alt]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:30:01 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:

> Do you actually propose that those distros are made *not* to be used? Why do
> you have to constantly show that you are truly a Vista user? How can you be
> so clueless and still breathe on your own?

It's an autonomic nervous reaction. Intelligence doesn't enter into it.
You're actually better off looking for the drool dripping from the corner
of his mouth. It's inversely proportional to the level of intelligence.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Its down, the memory module is defective and I am short on cash right now. I
am on Vista x64 on my laptop though.
--
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
<kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> P.S. By The Way, What Happened To Your 64 Bit Computer? I Know That You
> Used To Always Be In To The X64 Versions Of Windows, That Is Unless I Am
> Getting You Mixed Up With Some One Else? Just FYI.
>
> <kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uxtMf5YFIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Sorry, But I Can Not Do That Right Now (I Can Not Afford The Cost Of
>> Shipping, Because I Am Not Working Right Now), And I Usually Install
>> Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 Using Daemon Tools (Because I
>> Sometimes Have Problems With The Burning Process), Just FYI.
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23HHONVSFIHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Kevin, could you burn me a copy of Windows Server 2008 RC0 x86 and mail
>>> it to me? I downloaded it, but its corrupted and I can't bother again.
>>> Email me for details.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
>>> <kevpan815@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eOOMhQSFIHA.5752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>I Have No Problems At All With Open Source Linux Ubuntu Support For My
>>>>Hardware, I Plan To Return To It Just As Soon As The 110th U.S.A.
>>>>Congress Adjourns For Their Traditional Holiday Recess, Just FYI.
>>>>
>>>> <big.momma.thornton@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:1193107883.783150.150980@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071017/bs_nf/56073_ylt=Ag8nNmACRlCEbAitLafU9IUjtBAF
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh excuse me, Linux market share can't be measured.
>>>>> Except of course when a Linux zealot discovers some survey, usually on
>>>>> a pro linux site that shows a good number and then of course Linux's
>>>>> market share CAN be measured.
>>>>>
>>>>> Face the facts, Linux is has and always will be a dud on the desktop
>>>>> until it gets support from major hardware and software vendors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Until Linux can offer seamless integration with what are 99 percent
>>>>> Windows shops, Linux is a dead end.
>>>>>
>>>>> The facts, and no matter where you look excepting Linux whoring sites
>>>>> of course, the numbers are all in the same area and they are
>>>>> miserable.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

 

[JEDIDIAH]

On 2007-10-23, dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>
> "Thufir" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5xfTi.122325$1y4.16486@pd7urf2no...
>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:12:42 -0400, MICHAEL wrote:
>>
>>> Most of those that are leaving Windows are going to Macs, and OS X
>>> Leopard will provide an even bigger boost.
>>
>> Which is great because to the consumer who switched from Windows to Mac,
>> the operating system has become a commodity. In such a market, Linux
>> provides great value.
>
> Apart from the fact that you can't buy a Mac without an OS like you can a PC
> so there is no incentive at all to put Linux on a Mac.

Sure there is. There is the same incentive to install Linux on a Mac
as there is to install Windows on a Mac or any other bit of x86 based gear.

Macs have the least amount of 3rd party support.

That's primarily why my Mac is running Ubuntu.

> The more Macs are sold the less Linux will be used (in % terms).
> So while Mac sales are good for bashing M$, Apple are far more restrictive
> than M$ are.
>


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[dennis@home]

"JEDIDIAH" <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
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> On 2007-10-23, dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>>
>> "Thufir" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:5xfTi.122325$1y4.16486@pd7urf2no...
>>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:12:42 -0400, MICHAEL wrote:
>>>
>>>> Most of those that are leaving Windows are going to Macs, and OS X
>>>> Leopard will provide an even bigger boost.
>>>
>>> Which is great because to the consumer who switched from Windows to Mac,
>>> the operating system has become a commodity. In such a market, Linux
>>> provides great value.
>>
>> Apart from the fact that you can't buy a Mac without an OS like you can a
>> PC
>> so there is no incentive at all to put Linux on a Mac.
>
> Sure there is. There is the same incentive to install Linux on a Mac
> as there is to install Windows on a Mac or any other bit of x86 based
> gear.
>
> Macs have the least amount of 3rd party support.

Just compile the application to run on the Mac.. most will.. it is just
freebsd afterall.

>
> That's primarily why my Mac is running Ubuntu.
>
>> The more Macs are sold the less Linux will be used (in % terms).
>> So while Mac sales are good for bashing M$, Apple are far more
>> restrictive
>> than M$ are.
>>
>
>
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[Peter Köhlmann]

dennis@home wrote:

>
> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
> news:slrnfig7bm.cv.jedi@mishnet.org...
>> On 2007-10-23, dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Thufir" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5xfTi.122325$1y4.16486@pd7urf2no...
>>>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:12:42 -0400, MICHAEL wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Most of those that are leaving Windows are going to Macs, and OS X
>>>>> Leopard will provide an even bigger boost.
>>>>
>>>> Which is great because to the consumer who switched from Windows to
>>>> Mac,
>>>> the operating system has become a commodity. In such a market, Linux
>>>> provides great value.
>>>
>>> Apart from the fact that you can't buy a Mac without an OS like you can
>>> a PC
>>> so there is no incentive at all to put Linux on a Mac.
>>
>> Sure there is. There is the same incentive to install Linux on a Mac
>> as there is to install Windows on a Mac or any other bit of x86 based
>> gear.
>>
>> Macs have the least amount of 3rd party support.
>
> Just compile the application to run on the Mac.. most will.. it is just
> freebsd afterall.
>

Bullshit. GUI apps decidedly will *not* be easily ported, as apple does not
use X, except the app was written using QT.
When will be the moment you get /something/ right, even some very simple
thing?
What is it with you Vista users? Why are you so totally clueless?

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[JEDIDIAH]

On 2007-10-31, dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>
> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
> news:slrnfig7bm.cv.jedi@mishnet.org...
>> On 2007-10-23, dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Thufir" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5xfTi.122325$1y4.16486@pd7urf2no...
>>>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:12:42 -0400, MICHAEL wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Most of those that are leaving Windows are going to Macs, and OS X
>>>>> Leopard will provide an even bigger boost.
>>>>
>>>> Which is great because to the consumer who switched from Windows to Mac,
>>>> the operating system has become a commodity. In such a market, Linux
>>>> provides great value.
>>>
>>> Apart from the fact that you can't buy a Mac without an OS like you can a
>>> PC
>>> so there is no incentive at all to put Linux on a Mac.
>>
>> Sure there is. There is the same incentive to install Linux on a Mac
>> as there is to install Windows on a Mac or any other bit of x86 based
>> gear.
>>
>> Macs have the least amount of 3rd party support.
>
> Just compile the application to run on the Mac.. most will.. it is just
> freebsd afterall.

If it really were just freebsd you might have a point there.
It's not quite just bsd and therein lies the problem. I am sure
someone else will bring up the problem of different graphical UI APIs.

>
>>
>> That's primarily why my Mac is running Ubuntu.

The MacOS version of the app I want to run barely runs.

Drivers for the peripheral I want to run with it aren't there.

[deletia]

To me the mini is just a pretty PC. Could run BeOS or QNX if that
suited my needs.

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