From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 16 03:21:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 671D116A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:21:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC36F43D49 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:21:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 2718D1C00089 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:21:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id EF8441C00088 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:21:31 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050216032131981.EF8441C00088@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:21:31 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <776154525.20050216042131@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4212B690.4040404@makeworld.com> References: <42125E71.30804@tbc.net> <200502151655.43509.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <1728728975.20050216034021@wanadoo.fr> <4212B690.4040404@makeworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Assuming We Want FreeBSD to Grow: Who Is It For? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:21:33 -0000 Chris writes: > Not intended to implicate a hatred for MS. Pure and simple, people get > tired of a company that puts out an upgrade to either an app or an OS > and must pay a somewhat healthy price. Home folks and companies alike > are hit with these high costs. Not if they don't upgrade. I find upgrades to be expensive, too--so I don't upgrade (I don't need the upgrades). There's no need to change operating systems. > That's why OpenSource is looking more attractive to your "non-average" > user and company IT nuts. It looks superficially attractive, but it's not really a viable alternative to Windows, mostly because the vast majority of desktop applications are written for Windows. If any application could run on any OS, a large segment of the market would probably leave Windows tomorrow, but there's no change of the application situation changing any time soon. > I never mentioned a "hatred" to Uncle Bill and his empire. Simply people > growing tired of the same old, same old. People don't get tired of it, though. Most people just don't care. A computer is like a washing machine to them. They don't care what is running on the machine, as long as they can send e-mail and surf the Web and write homework, or whatever. Windows is the easy solution for them. There is no reason for them to change, and it doesn't bother them that they are running Windows, no matter how "old" it might be. > Somewhat true however, Think of Porsche. Certainly there is a market > place for the auto - albeit somewhat limited, but yet there still is a > demand and a market. Among fans of sports cars, yes. But if Porsche tried to sell to people who normally drive pick-up trucks, how well would it do? > So I say, why not? Target the people that want to do more with the PC, > that happen to be a bit more sophisticated in "geek-dom" Target people who want to run servers. They are largely an untapped market. The desktop is locked up, and that's not going to change. > Again - I never implied a "hatred". I specifically said people whom are > tired of (insert reason). Same thing. These are people with emotional feelings about Microsoft. But most people feel nothing at all towards Microsoft. They don't care. It's like suggesting that people should buy Miele washing machines so that they can get away from Maytag. Who cares? > Again - I never mentioned MS-Haters. Linux users tend to be that. > Re-read the wording I typed. You still are targeting people based on their emotional response to Microsoft. Such people are a very tiny minority, and not a very promising one at that. -- Anthony