Re: Why would a Home User buy more than Vista Basic?

the wrote:
Leythos wrote:
In article <#uqggR64IHA.1420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, charlie@xxxxxxxxx says...
Leythos wrote:
In article <g57taq$abq$2@xxxxxxxx>, fbis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
This is your opinion. I have mine. Others have theirs. Unlike you, I think people should make up their minds themselves as to what they like or dislike. I also like Macs and XP. My first computer was a Mac back in 1984.
Your statement was not posted as an "Opinion" it was posted as though you believe it to be fact and want others to believe it as fact, which is incorrect.

You can say "I believe Ubuntu is a far superior operating system.", but you can not say "Ubuntu is a far superior operating system." and be expected to be believed or honest.

Your postings are misleading.

You were claiming Ubuntu was better before you had even experienced Vista, and well before you had installed it.

In ever case I've tested with clients, they will take Vista + MS Office over Ubuntu + Open Office.




That's hardly impartial is it? Why would clients need to employ you if not to seek your advice. In any case people with unlimited (Company) funds to spend will always take the easiest option, and those who have not yet tried Vista will assume it to be easier than Ubuntu.

Let's see, all of our customers are Businesses, not home users, but, they all interact with Exchange, SQL 2000/2005, medical and accounting programs and Ubuntu doesn't support that, even with Open Source applications that provide SOME level of function for Exchange.

Vista, while you have to get better hardware, some newer apps, it works painlessly, without error, and they only have to learn where to find new menu items, not how to import/export documents, learn new apps since none of theirs are supported.....

The cost of a FREE OS is not free when you consider a business that was not previously running on Open Source.

What's that called? Is it called Cost Justification, Return on Investment and Cost to Operate? Businesses have heavy investment in the technology that's in place, and they are just not going to jump ship to something else on a whim when there is no justification to do so.


Nobody is asking them to, but there are many companies that could replace almost every XP machine with either a thin clients or a Linux machine.

So why would they jump ship and buy all new hardware for Vista?

And with emerging technology for the MS platform such as .Net's WCF, MPF, Workflow, MVP etc, etc, now many 3rd party software language vendors and 3rd party solution venders tapping into .Net technology, businesses are not running to another platform for workstation or servers.

The posters making the most noise here on the opposite side of the coin, really don't see what's happening or how things work. People in businesses that are in a position to make such decisions don't shoot from the hip. They just don't shoot from the hip, and they will keep the status quo.


Status Quo is XP as far as many companies are concerned. Changing to Vista is the same "Shooting from the hip" scenario as changing to another OS.


And Linux and Apache continue to loose Web server market share.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/06/22/june_2008_web_server_survey.html


Look, I got nothing against Linux, which helps bring down cost for the home user and business sectors. But MS is certainly not on some kind of doom and gloom path nor are Linux systems the wave of the future that the evangelist in the NG make it out to be.

The various Linux are becoming an increasingly viable alternative.

However, Linux is free and it still can't make a dent, not really.

The risk is not that Linux will make the dent, the risk is that Microsoft will do it themselves.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Vista and Ubuntu peaceful coexistence
    ... resident Vista supporters and Ubuntu supporters. ... Working with Linux is pretty interesting. ... similar to the Blue Screen of Death in Windows. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: Why Ubuntu (Still) Sucks - Part 2: Compiz Fusion
    ... In the first part of the video, the unseen demonstrator shows-off Windows Vista Aero, including some of the more talked-about UI effects. ... they show Ubuntu with Compiz Fusion enabled. ... Of course, like most attempts by the Linux community to parrot Windows Vista, the aforementioned "eye candy showdown" misses the forest for the trees. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: Why Ubuntu (Still) Sucks - Part 2: Compiz Fusion
    ... In the first part of the video, the unseen demonstrator shows-off Windows Vista Aero, including some of the more talked-about UI effects. ... they show Ubuntu with Compiz Fusion enabled. ... Of course, like most attempts by the Linux community to parrot Windows Vista, the aforementioned "eye candy showdown" misses the forest for the trees. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: Why Ubuntu (Still) Sucks - Part 2: Compiz Fusion
    ... In the first part of the video, the unseen demonstrator shows-off Windows Vista Aero, including some of the more talked-about UI effects. ... they show Ubuntu with Compiz Fusion enabled. ... Of course, like most attempts by the Linux community to parrot Windows Vista, the aforementioned "eye candy showdown" misses the forest for the trees. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: Why Ubuntu (Still) Sucks - Part 2: Compiz Fusion
    ... In the first part of the video, the unseen demonstrator shows-off Windows Vista Aero, including some of the more talked-about UI effects. ... they show Ubuntu with Compiz Fusion enabled. ... Of course, like most attempts by the Linux community to parrot Windows Vista, the aforementioned "eye candy showdown" misses the forest for the trees. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
Loading