[plug] 64 bit machines

[Michael]

Hi David,

Obviiously Linux can aim for the market but that didn't answer the 
question. Linux exists for reasons other than to compete for market share. 
So for something that doesn't exist for market share, why would this be of 
any importance?

Commenting that Microsoft is inferior is still true. If I call a garbage 
tip a paradise, while it may help selling, its not going to make it any less a 
garbage tip.

Since we were talking about market share etc, I kinda assumed that the 
'free' bit was referring no cost in $$$. And yes, Linux has cost me in 
other respects, but with all I get from it its OK :)

*looks at linux box and smiles*

Regards
Michael Collard

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, David Lloyd wrote:

> 
> Michael,
> 
> > Why exactly does Linux want to aim for the Market? 
> 
> The obvious answer is "because it can". 
> 
> > The whole idea behind OSS is freedom of software with all its Linuxy
> > goodness. Bugger the market. They can go and buy their inferior products.
> > Once people realise that the best things are free, perhaps Linux will be a
> > little more mainstream (it already is in a way).
> 
> No, the best operating system for the market at the moment is Microsoft
> Windows. It's proven by its sales and by the fact it *is* almost everywhere.
> It's only inferior on the grounds that you [and maybe even I] believe that
> it's inferior...
> 
> The best things are NOT free. Let's get that little red herring out of the
> way. There's a cost to everything we do and it's not always easily measured
> in dollars, surely you're aware of this?
> 
> The whole idea behind OSS is freedom of software with all its Linuxy
> goodness. Therefore you can have your version of Linux while someone else
> makes a marketable version. This type of freedom is difficult to achieve
> with proprietary software so maybe we don't really disagree with each other
> and maybe we're just talking about where we'd like our individual Linuxes to
> go?
> 
> DSL
> 
> --
> "One man to heed us, each girl, each boy
>   One voice to lead us in a song of joy!
>  This is the hour! This is the land!"
>  [Viet Cong Victory Song, Miss Saigon]
> _______________________________________________
> plug mailing list
> plug at plug.linux.org.au
> http://mail.plug.linux.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug
>