On 2008-09-01, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>
> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 01 September 2008 13:14 : \____
>
>> Richard Rasker wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2837
>>>
>>> "Almost one-third of the 25 top-selling laptops at Amazon.com are sold with
>>> Linux."
>>>
>>> But, but, but, but, according to DooFuS and other Wintrolls, "Linux is
>>> crapware", "freezing all the time", and "people choose Windows, every
>>> time", and "it's a Windows world", and "Linux doesn't stand a chance",
>>> and "Linux has only 0.6 percent market share", "no-one wants Linux, even
>>> when it's given away for free", and "Linux is a dismal failure, dead in the
>>> water" ...
>>>
>>> Then howcome people buy all these Linux-machines? Let me tell you: because
>>> they're offered as a viable choice.
>>
>> Very soon, you will need to add to your figures all those machines sold with
>> an "instant ON" Linux - be it through the motherboard or the rather more
>> sophisticated Dell method.
>> I wonder if the browser on those is going to register as "Firefox"?:-)
>
> Bear in mind that the author, Dana, is a Windows user who is often grumpy and
> impatient towards FOSS. He works for ZDNet, which is tied to Microsoft via
> Paul Allen (CNET) and "Ziff/Gates". Just watch how many Microsoft bloggers
> they have there.
>
> It's just a word of caution because here you have a Windows user writing about
> Linux. Even *he* comes to realise that things are changing. He wants to buy a
> Linux laptop now that Windows is a dead end and his previous laptop died.
So, what you're saying is, he's currently a future ex-blogger on ZDNet.
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